Cherry Vanilla Almond Bread
Serve warm with a droll op of butter. Turn any leftovers into French toast.
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Cachitos
Cachitos
Cachitos are little Venezuelan ham croissants that are eaten for breakfast. These particular croissants are closer to a dinner roll in texture, but nothing short of deliciousness.
Equipment
- standing mixer dough hook
- rolling pin
Ingredients
- 4 tbsp butter
- 4 tbsp lard
- 1 cup whole milk
- 1 tsp salt
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 1 tbsp instant yeast
- 2 large eggs
- 4 cups flour
- 1 lb deli ham cut into strips
- 1 egg white mixed with 1 tsp sugar
Instructions
- Bring the milk just to a boil. Pour over the butter and lard in the standing mixer bowl and allow to melt.
- Add 1 cup of flour, salt, sugar, and eggs. Mix with the dough hook attachment on low speed.
- Add the yeast and the rest of the flour. Beat on medium speed.
- Knead dough for 5 minutes.
- Cover the bowl with plastic wrap and allow to rise for 2 hours in a warm place.
- Punch down the dough.
- Lightly flour a clean surface. Cut the dough into 4 equal pieces.
- Roll out into an 8” cylindrical disc.
- Cut into 4 triangular pieces.
- Lay ham across the outer edge of the dough.
- Roll the dough towards the triangular point.
- You should yield 16 croissants.
- Place the croissants on 2 baking sheets. Brush with melted butter. Cover and allow to rise for another hour.
- Preheat the oven to 375. Brush with the egg white/sugar mixture. Bake for 15-20 minutes.
Johnny Cakes
Johnny Cakes
Unlike the cornmeal pancake version that you may be familiar with, Belizean-style johnny cakes are dense baking powder biscuits with a slight coconut taste. They contain flour and no cornmeal. Johnny cakes are typically served for breakfast with eggs, sausage, and fried beans. They also go great with Belizean stewed chicken, soaking up all of the red recado sauce.
Ingredients
- 5 tbsp butter melted
- 2 cups flour
- 2 1/2 tsp baking powder
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1/2 cup coconut milk
- milk for brushing
Instructions
- Mix together the dry ingredients.
- Mix in the wet ingredients.
- Knead for a minute.
- Line a baking pan with parchment paper. Portion the dough out to 6 equal dough balls. Slightly flatten.
- Using a fork, gently prick several sets of holes on the top side.
- Preheat the oven to 400 degrees. Brush the top side with milk.
- Bake for 15 minutes.
Injera
Injera
Injera is an East African staple, eaten with just about every meal. Similar in appearance to a buckwheat crepe, the injera is made out of teff flour. Teff is a grain grown in Ethiopia and Eritrea. The flour is mixed into a thin pancake like batter. The batter is left to ferment in the refrigerator for 2 days, giving the injera a flavor similar to sourdough. When ready to cook, ladle some of the batter on an oiled nonstick pan over high heat. The injera takes no more than 2 minutes to make, with no flipping required. The batter is thin enough to cook completely through. The injera is torn and eaten as a scoop for your food.
Equipment
- upright mixer
Ingredients
- 2 cups teff flour
- 1/2 package dry active yeast
- 1/4 tsp baking soda
- 2 cups water
- 1/2 tsp salt
Instructions
- Mix all ingredients except the salt in an upright mixer for a minute.
- Add the salt and blend for 15 seconds.
- Cover the batter and let sit in the refrigerator for 2 days.
- Lightly oil a nonstick pan over high heat. Pour a ladles worth of the batter into the pan, making a circular shape.
- Cook on 1 side for up to 2 minutes. No flipping required.
