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Broa De Milho - Portuguese Bread Recipe

Broa De Milho is a dense crumby bread made with yellow corn flour and APF. It is a great bread to toast up or to dip into hearty soups.
Prep Time3 hours
Cook Time20 minutes
Total Time3 hours 20 minutes
Course: Mains
Cuisine: Portuguese
Servings: 12 slices
Author: Anusha Praveen

Ingredients

  • Fine yellow corn meal 1/2 c
  • All Purpose Flour 2 to 2.5 cups
  • Warm Milk 1/2 c
  • Very hot water 3/4 c
  • Olive oil 1 tbsp plus 1 tbsp
  • Honey 1 tbsp
  • Sugar 1 tbsp
  • Salt 1 tsp
  • Instant yeast 2 tsp
  • Fennel powder 1.5 tsp

Instructions

  • In a large mixing bowl, place the corn flour and add the hot water to this.
  • Mix this well using a fork until it resembles a paste.
  • To this add the warm milk, mix again and let it cool completely.
  • Once cool, in another mixing bowl, add 2 cups of all purpose flour, yeast, sugar, salt and fennel powder and mix well using a whisk.
  • To the corn flour paste, add the honey and mix well
  • Now add the all purpose flour mix to the corn flour mix and mix using a wooden ladle or using your hands until the dry mixture is incorporated into the wet mixture.
  • You should have a shaggy dough at this stage. If you find the dough too sticky, add more All purpose flour, beginning with 2 tbsp and increase as required.
  • Now, begin kneading the dough. You may knead by hand or use a food processor or a bread machine to do this. I used my food processor.
  • Knead until you a smooth, slightly sticky dough. It took me 2 to 3 mins to get here using my processor.
  • Once done, oil a mixing bowl well.
  • Place the kneaded dough into the oiled bowl and cover with a moist kitchen towel.
  • Now let the dough rise for about 1.5 hours. This is to make sure that the flavors are incorporated into the dough well.
  • Once the dough has doubled, slightly flour a work surface.
  • Turn out the dough and knead two times.
  • Shape the dough into a ball and place on a greased cookie sheet. I used my pizza pan for this.
  • Cover the dough lightly and let it rise until puffy. Took me 30 mins here.
  • Towards the end of the second rise, preheat the oven to 200 C.
  • When the dough has puffed up, make four slits 1/4" deep on the dough using a sharp kitchen scissors or knife and lightly spritz the dough with water.
  • Bake for 20 mins or until the bread turns golden.
  • Let cool completely and slice.
  • Serve alongside soups or toast it up with butter and enjoy with any spread of your choice.

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Disclaimer

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