Recipes
Homemade Easter Colomba (Italian Easter Dove Bread)
Let's make a delicious homemade Easter colomba (Italian Easter dove bread) with this easy recipe!
Prep: 30 minCook: 40 minYield: Serves 4
Ingredients
- •500g wheat flour
- •100g butter
- •200g sugar
- •100ml milk
- •4 eggs
- •10g salt
- •20g dry yeast
- •100g sliced almonds
- •100g candied fruit
- •Powdered sugar for dusting
Instructions
- 1
In a large bowl, mix the flour, sugar and salt.
- 2
Add the softened butter and rub it in with your fingertips until the mixture resembles coarse crumbs.
- 3
Add the eggs and milk and mix well until you have a smooth, uniform dough.
- 4
Add the yeast and mix again.
- 5
Add the candied fruit and almonds and mix gently.
- 6
Place the dough in a greased and floured colomba mold.
- 7
Leave the dough to rise in a warm, draft-free place for about 1 hour or until doubled in size.
- 8
Preheat the oven to 180°C.
- 9
Bake the colomba for about 40 minutes or until golden brown.
- 10
Remove the colomba from the oven and let it cool completely.
- 11
Dust with powdered sugar before serving.