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Featured Recipes
Day of the Dead Bread
From 'Mexico The Cookbook' by Margarita Carrillo Arronte
This bread is a traditional dish eaten at the end of October/beginning of November all across Mexico as part of the Dia de Los Muertos, or Day of the Dead, celebrations:Ingredients:
- 250ml milk
- 500g plain flour
- 100g sugar, plus extra for sprinkling
- 1½ tsp active dry yeast
- 4 eggs
- ½ tsp salt
- 1 tbsp grated orange zest
- 1-2 tsp orange blossom water, to taste
- 200g cold butter, diced
- Melted butter, for greasing and brushing
- Edible glitter (optional)
- To Glaze:
- 1 egg, beaten
- Pinch of salt
- Pinch of sugar
- Bring the milk to a boil in a small saucepan over a medium-high heat, then remove from the heat and leave to cool. Set aside.
- Put the flour into a large bowl and make a well. Sprinkle in the sugar and yeast, and pour in the milk. Close the well by flicking flour over the milk and let it sit for 1 hour.
- Add the remaining ingredients, except the melted butter and edible glitter, and shape into a ball. Transfer to a clean work surface and knead for 10 minutes.
- Add the butter and knead again for 10 minutes. Return to the bowl and cover. Let rise for 2 hours, until doubled in size.
- Grease 2 baking sheets with butter. Divide the dough into 3 pieces. Take two of those pieces and roll them into tight balls, then press them gently to flatten a bit. Cover and let rise for 1 hour.
- Preheat the oven to 200°C.
- After 1 hour, take the remaining piece of dough and divide it into 10 little pieces. Roll 2 of these pieces into small balls, and 8 of these pieces into long, thin logs.
- To make the glaze, combine all the ingredients ad 1 tablespoon of water in a small bowl and mix well. Brush the loaves gently with the glaze.
- Take 4 of the logs and drape them in an X shape over one of the disks of dough. Repeat with the other disk. Brush these with the glaze.
- Take a little ball of dough and place it on the top of one disk, where the X meets. Press it down gently so it sticks, and repeat with the other little ball and disk of dough.
- Glaze the dough balls and bake in the oven for 30-35 minutes or until golden.
- Remove them from the oven and transfer to a wire rack to cool.
- Whilst they are still warm, brush with melted butter and sprinkle with sugar and edible glitter before serving.
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