CHEF JOHN'S CUBAN BREAD
I didn't think I liked Cuban sandwiches until I had one on real Cuban bread--what a difference! This bread uses lard and a double-hit of yeast plus a fermented starter. All this adds extra flavor and lift.
Provided by Chef John
Categories Bread Yeast Bread Recipes White Bread Recipes
Time 12h15m
Yield 12
Number Of Ingredients 11
Steps:
- Combine 1/2 cup warm water, 1/2 teaspoon yeast, and 1/2 cup flour in a bowl or measuring cup. Whisk the starter until well blended. Cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate overnight.
- Place 1 package active dry yeast and 2 teaspoons sugar in a mixing bowl. Pour in 3/4 cup warm water. Let rest 15 minutes to ensure yeast is alive (bubbles will form on surface). Add lard and salt to bowl; add 1 cup of the flour. Mix until all ingredients are incorporated and dough forms a sticky ball. Add the starter (reserving 1/4 cup if you want to keep the starter going, if desired. Otherwise add it all.). Sprinkle most of the rest of the flour on the dough, reserving 1/2 cup to be used if needed when kneading.
- Turn dough out onto a lightly floured work surface and knead until dough comes together in a firm ball, adding additional flour only as needed. Dough should be soft and supple with just a bit of tackiness on the surface.
- Place dough in a bowl and coat surface with a little vegetable oil. Cover bowl with a damp kitchen towel and place in a warm spot to rise. Let rise until at least doubled in size, about 2 hours.
- Line two rimmed baking sheets with parchment paper and sprinkle with a little cornmeal.
- Transfer dough onto lightly floured surface. Lightly press the dough into a rectangle with your lightly floured hands. Divide dough in half and press and shape each half into a long 1/2-inch thick rectangle about 12 inches long. Roll up tightly starting at the long end to form a skinny loaf. Flatten a bit. Transfer each loaf to a prepared baking sheet and dust with a bit of flour. Cover with a light, dry towel and let rise until doubled in size, 1 1/2 to 2 hours.
- Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Cut a 1/4-inch deep slit down the top of the loaves with a sharp knife or razor. Mist loaves lightly with water.
- Place pans in pre-heated oven, one pan on lower rack, one on higher rack. After 10 minutes, switch pan positions. Continue to bake until loaves are golden brown, 10 to 15 minutes longer. Transfer loaves to cooling rack and let cool to room temperature before slicing.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 169.1 calories, Carbohydrate 29.4 g, Cholesterol 3 mg, Fat 3.6 g, Fiber 1.2 g, Protein 4.1 g, SaturatedFat 1.3 g, Sodium 389.5 mg, Sugar 0.8 g
CUBAN BREAD
I enjoy making all kinds of bread, and while searching around on the internet heard all the talk about Cuban Sandwiches all set off by the Cuban Bread recipes. So had to try it out for myself to see what all the hype is about. Well, it's diffidently a wonderful sandwich roll, most attribute it's soft interior and thin crusty exterior to the use of lard. Have to say, after making this bread I just know it's a winner in my families view. This particular recipe I found on icuban.com Prep time does not including rising. NOTE: this recipe tells how to make ONE large loaf, BUT I prefer 4 smaller individual loaves myself
Provided by Bonnie G 2
Categories Yeast Breads
Time 43m
Yield 4 Sandwich Rolls, 4 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 8
Steps:
- Grease a large bowl, and set aside.
- Take a small bowl and dissolve the yeast and sugar in 1/4 cup of warm (110 degrees F) water. Place the bowl in a warm place and let it stand until it starts to foam and double in volume, about 10 minutes.
- Meanwhile, measure out 1/4 cup of lard Heat in the microwave until melted.
- Place the water/yeast/sugar mixture in the mixing bowl of a stand mixer. Add the rest of the warm water and the salt. Using the dough hook, mix on low speed until blended.
- Take your measuring cup and sift together the two flours.
- Gradually add the flour mixture, a little at a time, to the wet ingredients in your mixer -- mixing constantly. At the same time you are adding flour, gradually pour in the melted lard. Keep adding a little flour and a little lard until all of the lard is added.
- Continue adding more flour until you make a smooth and pliable dough. Try to add just enough flour to make the dough elastic -- just as much as necessary so that the dough hook barely cleans the sides of the bowl. Too much flour and your bread will be too dense! You will use approximately 3 1/4 cups of sifted flour to bring the dough to this point. (More or less, this is where the art of baking comes in!) Save any leftover flour mixture for rolling out the dough.
- Now let the machine and the dough hook go to work kneading the dough. Set the mixer on a low speed and knead for about 3 to 4 minutes, no more! Your dough will be fairly sticky at this point.
- Shape the dough into a ball and place it into the greased bowl.
- Flip the dough ball a few times to grease it up on all sides. Cover the bowl with a damp cloth and place in a warm place. Let the dough rise until it doubles in size -- about 45 minutes to 1 hour.
- Turn the dough out onto a lightly floured board, using the leftover flour you have in the bowl. Sprinkle some flour on the dough and use a rolling pin to roll it out. This recipe called for a large loaf, shaped to fit a long baking sheet diagonally -- about 20 inches long. So we try to roll out a 12 x 20-inch rectangle. BUT:( I prefer 4 smaller ones for individual rolls)Sprinkle more flour on the dough and turn it over a few times as you roll it out, to keep it from sticking to the rolling pin. The added flour at this rolling stage should take care of most of the stickiness of the dough.
- Roll the dough up into a tightly rolled long cylinder, with a slight taper at both ends. Wet your fingers and pinch the loose flap of the rolled dough into the loaf, making a tight seam.
- Grease a baking sheet and sprinkle lightly with cornmeal.
- Place the loaf diagonally onto the baking sheet, seam side down. Dust the top with a little extra flour and cover very loosely with plastic wrap. (You don't want the rising dough to dry out or stick to the plastic wrap.).
- Place in a warm spot and allow the loaf to stand and rise once again until it is about 2 1/2 times it's original size, about 45 minutes to 1 hour. Cuban bread is wider than French bread, so expect your loaf to spread out quite a bit as it rises.
- Preheat oven to 450º F. Place a pan of water on the lowest rack of the oven.
- Use a sharp knife to cut a shallow seam down the middle of the top of the bread, leaving about two inches of uncut top on each end of the loaf.
- Brush the top of the loaf with water and place in your preheated oven on the middle shelf. After about 5 minutes of baking, brush some more water on top of the bread.
- Bake the loaf until it is light brown and crusty -- about 12 to 18 minutes total baking time.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 588.5, Fat 14.3, SaturatedFat 5.2, Cholesterol 12.2, Sodium 1169.2, Carbohydrate 98.7, Fiber 4.2, Sugar 2.4, Protein 14.1
CRUSTY BREAD FROM CUBA
Make and share this Crusty Bread From Cuba recipe from Food.com.
Provided by Morton Design Graph
Categories Yeast Breads
Time 2h31m
Yield 2 loaves
Number Of Ingredients 6
Steps:
- Do not preheat the oven this time! Proof the yeast in the lukewarm water with the sugar in a large mixing bowl.
- Add the flour and the salt, a little at a time, stirring and mixing until you have a rather stiff dough.
- Remove to a lightly floured work surface and knead the dough for a few minutes, then place in a large buttered bowl, cover with a towel and let it rise in a warm place for about 1 hour or until it has doubled in bulk.
- Again, remove the dough to the floured work surface and punch it down a couple of times.
- Divide into 2 equal pieces and shape into 2 oblong loaves about 18" long.
- Sprinkle a baking sheet with the corn flour and place the loaves on top.
- Cover and let rise for a few minutes.
- Now place the baking sheet with the 2 loaves on the upper rack in your oven.
- On the rack beneath the baking sheet place a tin form with hot water and turn the oven on to 400 degrees.
- Bake the breads for about 16 minutes or until a crust begins to form.
- Remove from the oven and brush the tops with cold water, then return the breads to the oven and bake about 30 minutes more, or until they are golden.
- Cool on a rack
Nutrition Facts : Calories 1427.3, Fat 4.2, SaturatedFat 0.7, Sodium 6993.3, Carbohydrate 299.5, Fiber 11.6, Sugar 7.3, Protein 40.7
CRUSTY CUBAN BREAD ABM
Make and share this Crusty Cuban Bread Abm recipe from Food.com.
Provided by pansregnig
Categories Yeast Breads
Time 3h40m
Yield 1 loaf
Number Of Ingredients 5
Steps:
- Add ingredients to bread maker. Add water if the dough looks dry or machine sounds like it struggles.
- Bake.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 1657.5, Fat 5, SaturatedFat 0.8, Sodium 2350.1, Carbohydrate 346.4, Fiber 14.5, Sugar 9.6, Protein 49.2
AWESOME HOMEMADE CRUSTY BREAD (BREAD MACHINE)
Found this recipe on the internet and made it last night for dinner. It is the best bread I have made since I got my bread machine. Crusty, light inside and absolutely delicious!
Provided by Marie
Categories Yeast Breads
Time 10m
Yield 1 1/2 lb loaf
Number Of Ingredients 6
Steps:
- Place ingredients in bread machine in the order according to the manufacturer's directions.
- Use the regular bread cycle.
CUBAN BREAD
This bread is wonderfully crusty on the outside and has a chewy interior and is so delicious. Recipe courtesy of The New York Times Cookbook by James Beard.
Provided by Marie
Categories Yeast Breads
Time 1h
Yield 2 loaves
Number Of Ingredients 5
Steps:
- Dissolve the yeast in the water and add the salt and sugar, stirring thoroughly.
- Add flour, one cup at a time, beating it with a wooden spoon.
- You can also use the dough hook on an electric mixer at low speed.
- Add enough flour to make a fairly stiff dough.
- Shape dough into a ball, place in a greased bowl and grease the top.
- Cover with a towel and let rise in a warm place until doubled in bulk.
- Turn dough out onto a lightly floured board and shape into two round Italian style loaves.
- Arrange onto a baking sheet, heavily sprinkled with cornmeal and allow to rise for 5 minutes.
- Slash the tops of the loaves in 2 or 3 places with a knife or scissors.
- Brush the loaves with water and place them into a cold oven.
- Set the oven control at 400° and place a pan of boiling water on the bottom of the oven.
- Bake loaves until they are crusty and done for about 40 to 45 minutes.
CUBAN BREAD FOR THE BREAD MACHINE
Make and share this Cuban Bread for the bread machine recipe from Food.com.
Provided by Missy Wombat
Categories Yeast Breads
Time 2h10m
Yield 1 loaf
Number Of Ingredients 10
Steps:
- Add water, salt, flour, brown sugar and yeast to bread machine pan in the order suggested by manufacturer.
- Select dough/manual cycle.
- When cycle is complete, transfer dough to a lightly floured surface.
- Shape into a long loaf; taper ends by gently rolling back and forth.
- Place on a baking sheet that has been sprinkled with cornmeal.
- Let rise, uncovered, 10 minutes.
- Using a sharp knife, make 3 or 4 diagonal slashes on top of loaf.
- Brush with egg glaze.
- Place on the middle shelf of a cold oven.
- Place a shallow pan on bottom shelf and add hot water to pan.
- Set oven temperature at 400 degrees and bake 30 minutes, or until done.
- Remove from pan and let cool on wire rack.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 1497.5, Fat 9, SaturatedFat 2.2, Cholesterol 186, Sodium 3587.6, Carbohydrate 298.8, Fiber 12.3, Sugar 10.1, Protein 48.3
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