Buttermilk Koulouria

Ingredients

• 500 gm Stock margarine
• 1 ltr Buttermilk
• 4 Eggs
• 2 tsp Baking powder
• 1.5 cup Sugar
• 1 pinch Salt
• 1 tsp Bicarbonate of soda
• 1 handful Aniseed
• 2.5 kg Self-raising flour
• Sesame seeds
• 1 Dried whole cumin (mavrogoko)

Method

1. 1

   Sift all dry ingredients together

2. 2

   Add butter and mix into dry ingredients by hand

3. 3

   Add eggs and aniseed

4. 4

   Slowly add the buttermilk

5. 5

   Roll dough by hand into long strips (1 cm width)

6. 6

   Zigzag together, cut strips

7. 7

   Place the dough on the sesame & cumin until covered

8. 8

   Let loaf cool then break them into pieces and place on tray not touching each other.

9. 9

   Place on greased baking tray and bake at 180°C until they have risen and browned.

10. 10

    Place back in the over at 100°C for 1 hour until they are dried out

11. 11

    Kneed the dough until ready to roll

12. make the rusks
13. 12

    Rinse aniseed & mavrogoko under water and place on a wet towel on a flat surface. Set aside.