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Broa (Portuguese Cornbread)
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Brian Genest
"This Portuguese cornbread is amazing with soup. Deserves to be more popular than it is."
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Ingredients
4 h 20 m servings 257Original recipe yields 10 servings (2 boules)
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Directions
{{model.addEditText}} Print- Heat milk in a small saucepan over medium heat until it begins to bubble. Whisk in butter and 2 teaspoons sugar. Add cornmeal and whisk until mixture reaches a thick, sauce-like consistency. Remove from heat and let cool to room temperature.
- In the meantime, sprinkle yeast and a pinch of sugar over warm water. Stir and let stand until yeast softens and begins to form a creamy foam, about 5 minutes.
- Combine flour and salt in the bowl of a stand mixture fitted with the dough hook. Add the yeast mixture and mix on low speed. Slowly pour in the milk mixture. Knead into a slightly dense dough. Remove from the bowl and roll into a ball.
- Grease the sides of a bowl or pot with olive oil and add the dough. Cover with plastic wrap and let rise in a warm place until doubled in volume, about 2 hours.
- Punch dough down and roll into 2 boules, or flat-bottomed balls. Place boules on a baking sheet lined with a silicone mat. Sprinkle tops with flour and cover with plastic wrap again. Let rise until puffy, about 1 hour.
- Preheat the oven to 500 degrees F (260 degrees C). Fill an oven-proof pot with 4 to 5 cups water and place on the bottom rack of the preheating oven.
- Cut 4 shallow slits into the tops of the puffed bread boules in a cross pattern, 2 parallel lines up and 2 across.
- Bake in the preheated oven for 10 minutes. Spritz tops with water from a spray bottle. Reduce oven temperature to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C) and continue baking until crusts are a deep brown, about 20 minutes. Remove breads from the pan and let cool for 20 minutes.
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6/2/2019
Something is wrong with this recipe - the liquid to flour/cornmeal ratio is WAY off. 1 c milk to 1 1/2 c cornmeal doesn't make a "sauce" - it's barely enough to make the cornmeal stick together....
9/15/2019
Crispy on the outside, fluffy on the inside, and easy to make! Although, you have to add a lot more milk to get the liquidity you want to be able to knead it well.
3/3/2019
It does make a good rustic loaf, surprised I don't taste the corn meal as much as I thought it would.
2/12/2019
What is the measurement of a pat? 1 Tablespoon? I rated it 5 stars since the ingredients look great.