Tsoureki (Greek: τσουρέκι) also known as šurēk (Hijazi Arabic: شُريك), cöreg, čʿorek, katʿnahuncʿ (Armenian: չէօրէկ, չորեկ, կաթնահունց), çörək (Azerbaijani), çyrek (Albanian), kozunak (Bulgarian: козунак), cozonac (Romanian) or paskalya çöreği (Turkish) is a sweet holiday bread made with flour, milk, butter, eggs, and sugar and commonly seasoned with orange zest, mastic resin, or mahlab.

[5][better source needed] The ancient Armenian name was "bsatir - պսադիր" ("bsag պսակ" - "crown" and "tir դիր", is the root of "tnel դնել" verb: "to put").

[9] The dough is brushed with egg wash before baking, and sometimes flavored with mahlep, mastic resin or orange zest.

Before baking choreg, the surface is painted with egg yolk, and the heat of the oven browns it until it acquires a reddish-brown tone that represents the blood of Christ.

[22][23][24] (Some recipes suggest marinating the raisins and dried figs overnight in wines like retsina or mavrodaphne).