Chec Cu Nucă (Romanian Walnut Panettone) | Saveur

Chec Cu Nucă (Romanian Walnut Panettone) | Saveur

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This traditional Romanian sweet bread studded with rum-laced candied walnuts, makes a delicious dessert, breakfast bread, or teatime snack.

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Ingredients

  • 2 cups milk
  • ¾ cups plus ½ tsp. sugar
  • ¼ tsp. freshly grated nutmeg
  • 2 ¼ oz. packages active dry yeast
  • ½ vanilla bean, seeds scraped and reserved
  • 1 egg
  • 4 cups flour
  • 1 tsp. kosher salt
  • 4 tbsp. unsalted butter, softened
  • 1 cup walnuts, finely chopped
  • 1 tbsp. rum
  • 1 tsp. fresh lemon juice

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