Colombian Holiday Bread Food

POVITICA 2 AUSTRIAN HOLIDAY BREAD

Steps:

• Dissolve yeast in 1/2 cup warm water, then mix remaining ingredients as you would for bread with about 9 cups flour (Do not add the flour all at once; 9 cups is approximate, as with all bread many things including temperature and humidity effect how much flour you need. Use enough to make a smooth pliable nonsticky dough); knead well.
• Let rise 2 hours.
• Mix filling ingredients together while milk is still warm.
• Spread or roll dough on table top, making sure you have no holes.
• Spread filling on top.
• Roll up, then coil as a snake.
• Let rise 2 hours in large greased roaster.
• Bake 2 hours at 350°F.

PANDEBONO (COLOMBIAN CHEESE BREAD)

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
• Mix the two flours and the sugar in a bowl.
• Stir in the grated cheese and the eggs. Mix well with a wooden spoon. Taste for salt, and add salt as needed. (Some farmer's cheeses are saltier than others).
• Knead dough until smooth. If the dough seems too dry, add a few teaspoons of water.
• Roll dough into balls that are slightly larger than golf balls. Or shape dough into small bagels. The rolls do not have to be perfectly smooth - they will puff up in the last several minutes of baking.
• Place rolls on a greased cookie sheet and bake, about 20 minutes or until golden in color and puffed.
• Serve warm.

SESAME SEED CHALLAH (EGYPTIAN HOLIDAY BREAD)

Steps:

• Combine yeast with water and pinch of sugar and set aside.
• Combine flour, remaining sugar, salt and 2 eggs in large mixing bowl.
• Add yeast mixture and mix well.
• Dough will be moist and sticky.
• Knead until dough is smooth, about 10 minutes, adding flour or water as needed.
• Dough should still be moist.
• Return to bowl, sprinkle dough with flour, cover with towel and let rise until doubled, about 1 hour.
• Divide dough in half, place each half on lightly floured board and lightly knead into round loaves.
• Place on greased baking sheet, leaving space between loaves, as they will rise and expand when baking.
• Beat remaining egg.
• Brush loaves with beaten egg and sprinkle with sesame seeds.
• Bake at 350 degrees until golden brown and completely baked inside, 20 to 30 minutes.

COLOMBIAN RECIPES - ROASTED BANANA

Steps:

• Peel the bananas well and remove the fibers, cut bananas in half along without being completely cutted. Place them on a surface or a mold that could lead to the oven (pre-oiled).
• Put inside every banana a tablespoon of sugar, plenty of grated cheese and a little melted butter.
• Prepare a mixture with the cream, the remaining sugar and egg mixture. Cover with this mixture all the bananas and put a little bread crumbs on them. Take to the oven until golden brown.
• Serve hot.

COLOMBIAN HOLIDAY BREAD

Steps:

• In a large mixing bowl, mix butter, sugar and vanilla until smooth and creamy.
• In another bowl combine flour, corn meal, salt, cornstarch and baking powder.
• Add dry ingredients and eggs to butter mixture, alternating 1/2 cup flour then 2 eggs, etc., mixing well with each addition until smooth and creamy.
• Mix in lemon juice (or rum) and raisins.
• Grease 2 (9 x 13-inch) pans or 1 (9 x 13-inch) and 2 (8 x 8-inch) square pans.
• Pour batter into pans about 2/3 full. Bake at 325° for 60 minutes, until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.