Prepare the best Easter breakfast combo with hot cross buns & kiwi mocktail

Easter celebrations are incomplete without a filling breakfast.

This hot cross buns and yummy kiwi mocktail recipe will kick start your day on a happy note. These are easy to make, and delicious.

Go on, invite your friends over for a special breakfast.

SMOOR HOT CROSS BUNS

Ingredients:
200g Raisins
900g Flour
100g Orange zest
15g Spices (Cinnamon, Star Anise & Allspice)
50g Butter unsalted
50g Sugar
250g Milk
25g Yeast
5g Salt

Method:
- Dissolve yeast in luke warm milk
- Add 800g sieved flour with sugar, spices, salt and orange zest
- Mix in a slow speed for 5 minutes
- Add the raisins
- Add the melted butter slowly and mix it in high speed for 7 minutes to prepare a smooth dough
- Measure a round ball of dough for each bun – measure at 40 grams each on a kitchen scale and set aside for proofing
- Mix the balance 100g flour with enough water to get a thick paste for piping consistency
- Pipe the mix in a piping bag and make a cross on top of the bun
- Bake it at 200 deg C for 25 minutes

(The recipe is by Avijeet Ghosh, Chef Consultant at SMOOR)

CASTLE DELIGHT

Ingredients:
Fresh coriander: 8-10 spring
Fresh kiwi: 1 no
Litchi juice: 120 ml
Garnish kiwi slice
Glass pilsner

Method:
- One fresh Kiwi fruit muddled with lots of coriander, then shaken with ice and litchi juice
- Single strain serves in a glass pilsner with kiwi slice for garnish

(The recipe is shared by The Game Palacio in Elante Mall, Chandigarh)