Tsoureki Recipe (Greek Easter Bread) | Saveur

Tsoureki Recipe (Greek Easter Bread) | Saveur

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This eye-catching braided loaf is perfumed with mahlepi, the seeds of Mediterranean wild cherries, and adorned with red-dyed eggs.

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Ingredients

  • 2 cups whole milk, warmed to 100°F
  • Two ¼-oz. packages active dry yeast
  • 9–10 cups cake flour, divided, plus more for dusting
  • 1½ cups sugar, divided
  • 2 tsp. mahlepi
  • 8 Tbsp. unsalted butter, melted and cooled, plus more for greasing
  • 6 large eggs, divided
  • 2 tsp. kosher salt
  • 1 Tbsp. grated lemon zest
  • 1 Tbsp. grated orange zest
  • 2 red-dyed hard-boiled eggs

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