Black Cherry and Raspberry Kuchen |
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Prep Time: 20 Minutes Cook Time: 45 Minutes |
Ready In: 65 Minutes Servings: 12 |
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If using frozen fruit, be sure you get flash-frozen or individually quick frozen fruit, not fruit in syrup. From The Grand Central Baking Book_ by Piper Davis and Ellen Jackson, as adapted by Caroline Russock at Serious Eats. Ingredients:
1 1/2 cups whole milk |
1/2 cup light brown sugar (3.5 oz by wt) |
10 tablespoons unsalted butter (1 1/4 stick) |
1 tablespoon active dry yeast |
3 eggs |
3 1/2 cups all-purpose flour (1 lb) |
1 1/2 teaspoons table salt |
1 cup pitted black cherries, fresh or frozen |
2 cups raspberries, fresh or frozen |
1/4 cup light brown sugar or 1/4 cup turbinado sugar |
4 tablespoons unsalted butter (1/2 stick) |
1 cup confectioners' sugar, sifted (1/4 lb) |
2 tablespoons lemon juice or 2 tablespoons heavy cream |
1 tablespoon vanilla extract (see note) |
Directions:
1. Grease and flour a 9x13 inch pan.
2. Warm the milk, sugar and 10 tbsp butter in a small pan until warm to the touch and butter is almost melted. Off heat, add yeast.Let stand until bubbly and foamy.
3. Whisk eggs to break them up. Put flour and salt in a deep bowl and whisk to combine. Add eggs and milk mixture to flour. Stir gently with a spoon or rubber spatula, just until the flour is all moistened. Spread into prepared pan and cover with plastic wrap. (You can refrigerate the batter up to 8 hours at this point.).
4. Preheat oven to 350°F and stand the pan on top of the stove. Let stand 1 hour until risen.
5. When dough has doubled in depth, sprinkle fruit evenly over surface, then sprinkle with sugar. Melt 4 tbsp butter and pour evenly over the surface. Bake 30 minutes. Spin the pan 180° in the oven and reduce the heat to 325°F Bake another 10-15 minutes, until the top is golden brown, and the edges are pulling away from the sides.
6. Make a lemon glaze by whisking the lemon juice into the confectioner's sugar, or a vanilla glaze by whisking the cream and vanilla extract into confectioner's sugar. When smooth, drizzle over kuchen and serve immediately.
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