Recipes · Serbian · Bread
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.

- 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
- Stir the yeast and sugar into the lukewarm water (about 35 °C) and leave for 10 minutes until foamy.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Cover and leave to rise for 30 minutes more.
- 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.
- 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
| Nutrient | Per serving | Share of a day's need |
|---|---|---|
| Energy | 247 kcal | 12% |
| Carbohydrates | 44.4 g | |
| Water | 36.6 mL | |
| Fiber | 1.8 g | 6% |
| Protein | 6.1 g | 13% |
| Tryptophan | 0.08 g | |
| Threonine | 0.17 g | |
| Isoleucine | 0.22 g | |
| Leucine | 0.42 g | |
| Lysine | 0.16 g | |
| Methionine | 0.11 g | |
| Cystine | 0.13 g | |
| Phenylalanine | 0.3 g | |
| Tyrosine | 0.18 g | |
| Valine | 0.25 g | |
| Histidine | 0.14 g | |
| Fat | 4.6 g | |
| Monounsaturated | 0.87 g | |
| Polyunsaturated | 2.9 g | |
| Docosahexaenoic Acid (DHA) | 0 g | |
| Eicosapentaenoic Acid (EPA) | 0 g | |
| Omega-6 | 2.8 g | |
| Saturated | 0.51 g | |
| Trans-Fats | 0 g | |
| Cholesterol | 0 mg | |
| Calcium | 9.5 mg | 1% |
| Copper | 0.09 mg | 10% |
| Iron | 2.6 mg | 14% |
| Magnesium | 12.9 mg | 4% |
| Manganese | 0.38 mg | 21% |
| Phosphorus | 65.8 mg | 9% |
| Potassium | 68.5 mg | 1% |
| Selenium | 18.7 µg | 34% |
| Sodium | 119 mg | |
| Zinc | 0.47 mg | 6% |
| Thiamin (vitamin B1) | 0.54 mg | 49% |
| Riboflavin (vitamin B2) | 0.31 mg | 28% |
| Niacin (vitamin B3) | 3.6 mg | 26% |
| Pantothenic acid (vitamin B5) | 0.38 mg | 8% |
| Pyridoxine (vitamin B6) | 0.04 mg | 3% |
| Folate (vitamin B9) | 124 µg | 31% |
| Cobalamin (vitamin B12) | 0 µg | 0% |
| Choline | 0.33 mg | 0% |
| Vitamin A | 0 µg | 0% |
| Vitamin C | 0 mg | 0% |
| Vitamin D (D2 + D3) | 0 IU | 0% |
| Vitamin E | 1.8 mg | 12% |
| Vitamin K | 0.39 µg | 0% |
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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