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Sourdough: Warm the milk a bit.
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Mix the yeast and the flour.
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Add the milk and knead.
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Let it rest (and raise) for 12 hours.
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Marzipan: mix all the ingedients, make a ball, wrap it in plastic wrap amd let it rest in the fridge for around 10-12 hours.
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Dough: mix the milk, the cointreau, the orange flower water.
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In another bowl mix the flour, the sourdough (must crumble it), the yeast, the sugar and the salt.
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Add the liquids and the butter (slightly melted) and kneed it.
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Cover it with a wet cloth amd let it rest u til it doubles its original volume.
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Press the mass down to take out the air and make a ball.
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Rub vegetal oil in your hands and make a hole in the middle of the ball and stretch it carefully until you have a crown.
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Flat the sides and put the crown on a oven-tray (covered in paper)
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Put the marzipan in the crown.
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Once done take the exterior side of the mass and cover the marzipan.
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Cover t once more with a wet cloth amd let it double its volume.
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Topping: Mix the brandy and the sugar and paint the crown.
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Beat the egg and paint the crown over the sugar.
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Put the candied fruts andthe almonds on it.
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Put in he oven for 25-30 minutes.
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Let it cool down before serving
