COCA DE SANT JOAN

Coca de Sant Joan is a typical dessert for Saint John's Eve, 23rd June.

INGREDIENTS:

250 g- Strong wheat flour
55 g-Sugar
55 g Butter
2-Eggs
20 g-Pressed yeast
75 g-Milk
1- Cinnamon branch
1/2 grated lemon peel
25 g pine nuts
200 g- Glazed fruits (melon, oranges, cherries...)
1/2 cup-Anise
Salt

Dissolve the yeast with a little warm milk.
Add 3 tablespoonfuls of flour and work it up to make a smooth dough. Let it rest until it doubles in volume.
Make a volcano on the marble with flour and put in butter, eggs, sugar, salt, lemon zest and anise.
Work by hand or with a fork. Add the sourdough and continue working with the flour until dough is thin and compact.
Smooth it out on an oven plate greased with oil or butter, giving it a thickness of approximately 1 cm and oval shape.
Paint it with egg and place on glazed fruits, cut into pieces, and let it rest until it doubles in volume.
Share out the pine nuts and sprinkle sugar on top, and cook it in the oven at 180 degrees about 20 minutes.

VARIATIONS:

It can be made without glazed fruit.
It can be stuffed with cream, angel hair paste, etc...

Coca de Sant Joan

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COCA DE SANT JOAN