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Slavski Kolač (Serbian Slava Bread)

One serving has 247 kcal and 6 g protein, and at least a fifth of a woman's daily need of thiamin (49%), selenium (34%), folate (31%), riboflavin (28%), niacin (26%) and manganese (21%). Ready in 180 minutes.

Slavski Kolač (Serbian Slava Bread)
Photo: Petar Milošević, CC BY-SA 3.0 · source
  • Preparation: 135 min
  • Cooking: 45 min
  • Makes: 1 serving (92.3 g)
  • Difficulty: Medium
  • Diets: Vegan, Dairy-free
  • Contains: gluten

Ingredients

  • 55 g Flour, all-purpose
  • 30 g Water, lukewarm
  • 1 g Yeast, active dry
  • 2 g Sugar
  • 4 g Sunflower oil
  • 0.3 g Salt

Method

  1. Stir the yeast and sugar into the lukewarm water (about 35 °C) and leave for 10 minutes until foamy.
  2. Mix the flour with the salt, add the yeast water and oil, and knead for 10 minutes into a smooth, fairly firm dough. Cover and leave in a warm place for 1 hour, until doubled.
  3. Set about a fifth of the dough aside for the decorations. Shape the rest into a round loaf and put it on a lined baking tray or in a round tin.
  4. Decorate the top with the dough set aside: a cross over the middle and a braid around the edge, then, as each family likes, birds, grapes or ears of wheat. Press the bread seal (pečat, with the letters ИС ХС НИ КА) into the four quarters of the cross.
  5. Cover and leave to rise for 30 minutes more.
  6. Bake at 190 °C for 40-45 minutes, until golden brown and hollow-sounding when tapped underneath. Lay foil loosely over the top if the decorations brown too fast.
  7. Cool on a rack. At the slava, the family's saint's day, the bread is cut crosswise from underneath, sprinkled with red wine and turned by the family and the priest, then broken and shared with the guests.

Nutrition per serving

NutrientPer servingShare of a day's need
Energy247 kcal12%
Carbohydrates44.4 g
Water36.6 mL
Fiber1.8 g6%
Protein6.1 g13%
Tryptophan0.08 g
Threonine0.17 g
Isoleucine0.22 g
Leucine0.42 g
Lysine0.16 g
Methionine0.11 g
Cystine0.13 g
Phenylalanine0.3 g
Tyrosine0.18 g
Valine0.25 g
Histidine0.14 g
Fat4.6 g
Monounsaturated0.87 g
Polyunsaturated2.9 g
Docosahexaenoic Acid (DHA)0 g
Eicosapentaenoic Acid (EPA)0 g
Omega-62.8 g
Saturated0.51 g
Trans-Fats0 g
Cholesterol0 mg
Calcium9.5 mg1%
Copper0.09 mg10%
Iron2.6 mg14%
Magnesium12.9 mg4%
Manganese0.38 mg21%
Phosphorus65.8 mg9%
Potassium68.5 mg1%
Selenium18.7 µg34%
Sodium119 mg
Zinc0.47 mg6%
Thiamin (vitamin B1)0.54 mg49%
Riboflavin (vitamin B2)0.31 mg28%
Niacin (vitamin B3)3.6 mg26%
Pantothenic acid (vitamin B5)0.38 mg8%
Pyridoxine (vitamin B6)0.04 mg3%
Folate (vitamin B9)124 µg31%
Cobalamin (vitamin B12)0 µg0%
Choline0.33 mg0%
Vitamin A0 µg0%
Vitamin C0 mg0%
Vitamin D (D2 + D3)0 IU0%
Vitamin E1.8 mg12%
Vitamin K0.39 µg0%

Shares of a day's need are for a woman of 30, 165 cm, 60 kg, lightly active, by the US and Canadian Dietary Reference Intakes. SustainBite works out each person's own needs, by the standard where they live: the Nordic Nutrition Recommendations in Norway, the UK's, EFSA's in the EU.

Climate footprint

0.05 kg CO2e a serving: lower than most breakfasts, sides, desserts and drinks on SustainBite. Source: ADEME, Agribalyse 3.2.

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