Tsoureki (Greek Easter Bread)

the easy, delicious recipe for Greek Easter bread

Total time: 5H30

Difficulty: Medium

Serves: 8 people

Incredibly fluffy tsoureki is a tasty Greek Easter bread with an amazing, unique flavor. Baked to a rich golden brown, topped with slivered almonds and hard-boiled red eggs, tsoureki is a braided bread that’s a staple recipe to make over the Easter holiday. Tsoureki’s three braids represent the Holy Trinity.

Mastic and mahleb give tsoureki its phenomenal almost anise-like flavor. Mastic is a type of tree resin that has been used in Greek cuisine since antiquity.

Mahleb is a spice that comes from a type of cherry tree. Enjoy your homemade tsoureki with jam or fruit preserves, a drizzle of honey, or some Nutella.

Tips for Making the Best Traditional Tsoureski
Mastic and mahleb can be ordered from online specialty stores.

If you make thin braided bread, you can get two tsoureki loaves.

You can make a syrup to serve on the top of the bread. Five minutes before taking the bread out of the oven, heat 150 g of water and 150 g of sugar in a pot over high heat. Bring to a boil and cook until the mixture thickens slightly. Finally, pour the syrup over the bread.

Make a deluxe version of tsoureki by adding chocolate chips or dried fruit to the bread.

How to Store Tsoureki

Ingredients

for the dough

Dry yeast

24 g

Lukewarm water

110 g

ground mastic

3 g

ground mahleb

10 g

Butter

135 g

Butter

135 g

White sugar

230 g

Whole Milk

150 g

Medium eggs

4

strong white bread flour

870 g

orange, zested

1

to garnish

Egg

1

Water

1 tbsp

almond slivers

hard-boiled eggs, dyed red

3

How to Make Tsoureki

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