Filled Tsoureki-Style Vasilopita

INGREDIENTS

• 9.000 gr. Super Tsourekiou
• 2.000 gr. melted dairy butter
• 400 gr. melted plain butter
• 3.100 gr. sugar
• 50 eggs
• 2.250 fresh milk (30°C)
• 60 gr. salt
• zest of 3 oranges
• zest of 1 lemon
• 100 gr. mahleb
• 5 gr. vanilla
• 2.000 gr. chopped almonds
• 2.000 gr. cranberries
• 2.000 gr. golden raisins

Ingredients for leavened dough

• 1.500 gr. Super Tsourekiou
• 400 gr. gold yeast
• 800 gr. water (30-35°C)
  Mix all the ingredients well and allow the mixture to rest in a bowl in the fermentation oven for about 1 hour.

INSTRUCTIONS

1. Mix all the ingredients together, except the leavened dough, almonds, cranberries and raisins, for 30 minutes on the 1st speed.
2. Then add the leavened dough and continue mixing for another 30 minutes, always on the 1st speed (until the dough comes away from the walls of the mixing bowl).
3. Add the almonds, cranberries and golden raisins. Cut the dough into the desired weight, mold into a round loaf and allow to rest for 10 minutes. Roll out with a rolling pin and ferment for about 70 minutes.
4. Coat with the egg and write on it using a piping bag. Bake in a fan oven at 130°C for 55-60 minutes with an open damper or bake in a modular oven at 140°C for 50 minutes with open door for the first 5 minutes and then close the door.