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• Ingredients
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• Cuisine

  European >> Eastern European >> Russian

• Dietary Style

• Preparation Time

  Cooking Time - 45 minutes, Preparation Time - 60 minutes

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| 1. Place golden raisins into a bowl, drizzle with vodka, and allow raisins to soften overnight. | 2. Mix 1 teaspoon sugar into lukewarm water in a bowl until sugar dissolves. Stir yeast into the water and let stand until the yeast mixture is frothy, about 10 minutes. | 3. Heat milk in a saucepan over medium-low heat until very warm but not simmering. Stir in saffron threads and cardamom, remove from heat, and let the milk mixture stand until lukewarm. | 4. Transfer yeast mixture into a large mixing bowl. Stir milk mixture, 1/2 cup sugar, and 1 cup flour into the yeast mixture, beating until the batter is smooth. Cover the bowl with plastic wrap and allow to rise in a warm place for 1 hour. | 5. Mix melted butter, 1/2 cup sugar, orange blossom honey, lemon zest, vanilla extract, and salt together in a bowl. Beat butter mixture into the batter, then beat in eggs and egg yolk. | 6. Mix 2 1/2 cups of flour into the dough. Sprinkle remaining 1/2 cup flour onto a work surface and knead dough until it holds together, about 5 minutes; knead soaked golden raisins and 1/2 cup almonds into the dough until well distributed. | 7. Form dough into a ball and place into an oiled bowl; turn dough around in the bowl several times to coat outside of dough. Cover bowl with plastic wrap and allow to rise in a warm place until doubled, about 1 1/2 hours. | 8. Punch down dough, knead a few times, and divide dough into 4 pieces. Coat inside of clean 14-ounce cans with butter. Line cans with parchment paper. Roll each piece of dough into a ball, place into a can, and press dough lightly against the inside bottom of can. | 9. Cover cans with a cloth and allow dough to rise to the top of the cans, about 45 minutes. | 10. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). | 11. Place a baking sheet into the oven; place the cans of dough upright into oven on baking sheet. Bake until kulich are risen and lightly browned, 45 to 50 minutes. | 12. Let kulich cool in the cans for about 15 minutes before gently removing from cans to finish cooling on racks. | 13. Beat egg white in a bowl with an electric mixer on medium speed until frothy; beat in confectioners' sugar until the mixture holds stiff peaks. Beat lemon juice into frosting. | 14. Frost the tops of the kulich and sprinkle tops with 2 tablespoons toasted sliced almonds. Refrigerate leftovers. | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Estimated Nutritional Profile for Ingredients

Ingredient Name	Quantity	Unit	State	Energy (kcal)	Carbohydrates	Protein (g)	Total Lipid (Fat) (g)
golden raisin	1	cup		498.3	131.208	5.5935	0.759
vodka	1	tablespoon		-	-	-	-
white sugar	1	teaspoon		16.254	4.1992	0.0	0.0
lukewarm water	1/4	cup		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
yeast	1	(		11.1	1.2252	1.4328	0.054000000000000006
milk	1	cup		148.84	11.6632	7.686	7.9788
saffron thread	1	pinch		-	-	-	-
cardamom	1	teaspoon	ground	6.22	1.3694	0.2152	0.134
white sugar	1/2	cup		16.254	4.1992	0.0	0.0
purpose flour	1	cup		-	-	-	-
butter	1/2	cup	melted	684.0	31.428	21.372	57.6
white sugar	1/2	cup		16.254	4.1992	0.0	0.0
orange blossom honey	1/4	cup		-	-	-	-
lemon	1		zested	1.2808	0.4116	0.0486	0.0132
vanilla extract	2	teaspoons		24.191999999999997	1.0626	0.005	0.005
salt	1	pinch		-	-	-	-
egg	2			143.0	0.72	12.56	9.51
egg yolk	1			54.74	0.6103	2.6962	4.5118
purpose flour	3	cups	divided	-	-	-	-
almond	1/2	cup	sliced	240.44799999999998	0.0	0.0	27.2
clean food	4			-	-	-	-
egg white	1			17.16	0.2409	3.597	0.0561
confectioner sugar	1 1/2	cups		-	-	-	-
lemon juice	1/2	teaspoon		0.5592	0.1754	0.0089	0.0061
almond	2	tablespoons	toasted sliced	240.44799999999998	0.0	0.0	27.2

- Means that suitable USDA nutrition profile could not be mapped for this ingredient-unit combination.