Chocolate braid

Step-by-step cooking

1. Step 1:

   

   Ingredients

2. Step 2:

   

   Add 1 tsp sugar and yeast to warm milk. Stir so that the yeast dissolves and leave for 5-10 minutes.

3. Step 3:

   

   In the milk, add the remaining sugar, melted (already slightly cooled) butter, half an egg (the other half will go to lubricate the braid) and a pinch of salt. Mixed it up.

4. Step 4:

   

   Sift cocoa powder and flour into the milk mixture.

5. Step 5:

   

   Put the dough on the table and knead well.

6. Step 6:

   

   The resulting bun is sent to a warm place to rise for 40-60 minutes or until increased at least 2 times.

7. Step 7:

   

   While the dough is coming, prepare the interlayer. To do this, add condensed milk and flour to the milk.

8. Step 8:

   

   Mix so that there are no lumps. And we send it to the microwave for 50-60 seconds.

10. Step 9:

    

    A thick cream is obtained. We leave it until it cools down completely.

11. Step 10:

    

    We put the dough that came up on the table. We grind and roll out into a layer about 4 mm thick.

12. Step 11:

    

    We spread the milk filling on the dough layer, smear it all over the layer, retreating a little from the edge. Roll into a tight roll, carefully fastening the edges.

13. Step 12:

    

    Transfer the roll to the baking sheet. With a sharp knife, cut the roll lengthwise without reaching the edge a few centimeters.

14. Step 13:

    

    We weave the parts of the roll into a pigtail. We leave the finished braid for lifting for 20 minutes.

15. Step 14:

    

    Lubricate the approached plait with egg, sprinkle with almond petals and bake in a preheated 180 C oven for about 30-40 minutes.

16. Step 15:

    

    Let the braid cool, cut into pieces and serve to the table. Bon appetit!