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■ Simon Wood is owner and executive chef at WOOD restaurant (woodmanchester. com).
■ Follow Irini on Instagram @irinitzortzoglou. 500g strong white flour, plus extra for dusting
75g caster sugar
2tsp mixed spice powder
1tsp ground cinnamon
1 lemon, finely grated zest only 10g salt
10g fast-action dried yeast 40g butter
300ml milk
1 free-range egg, beaten 200g sultanas
50g finely chopped mixed candied peel oil, for greasing
FOR THE TOPPING
75g plain flour
2tbsp Maple syrup, for glazing 1
Preheat the oven to 220C. Put the flour, sugar, spices and lemon zest into a large bowl and mix together. Then add the salt and yeast placing them at opposite sides of the bowl. 2
Melt the butter in a pa and warm the milk in separate pan.
3
Add the butter and ha tepid milk to the dry ingredients. Add the egg your hands to bring the m together, incorporating th from the sides of the bow 4
Gradually add the rem milk to form a soft do (you might not need to us milk however).