Pan Dulce Navideño
(Christmas Sweet Bread)
Yeast Ingredients
2 spoonfuls dry yeast or 4 spoonfuls fresh yeast
1/4 cup water, lukewarm
2 spoonfuls sugar
2 water cups, lukewarm
2 cups flour
Dough Ingredients
10 cups flour cups, more or less
11/2 cups sugar
6 whole eggs
1 spoonful salt
11/2 cups butter
2 cups milk, lukewarm
1 spoonfuls orange blossom water
1 spoonful cognac
1 teaspoon vanilla essence
6 cups raisins
1 cup nuts, peeled and chopped
1 cup glazed orange rind
1 cup almonds, peeled and chopped
Yeast Preparation
- In a deep bowl, put the 1/4 cup of water with
the two spoonfuls of sugar. Mix well. Add the yeast and let it soak for five minutes.
- To this mixture add the two cups of water, little by little,
and the two cups of flour. Mix well and let rest until it raises and doubles.
- Place this mixture under the sun or near the stove, covering
with a dish cloth or towel.
Dough Preparation
- To the yeast add the 11/2 cup of sugar, the
spoonful of salt, the 11/2 cup of butter, the six eggs slightly beaten, the
2 cups of milk, the spoonful of orange blossom water, the spoonful of cognac, the essence
of vanilla and the flour. Mix all ingredients very well.
- On a table knead the dough until bubbles burst. Place the
dough in a bowl and cover it whit a dish cloth or towel. Place the dough under the sun or
near the stove so that it doubles in size for a second time.
- In the meantime, mix nuts, almonds and glazed orange rind with
one or two spoonfuls of flour, so that the fruit does not go to the bottom of the bread.
- Once the dough doubles in size, add the fruit. Mix very well.
Place the dough under the sun or near the stove so that it doubles in size for a third
time.
- Once the dough has doubled in size, divide it into eight
parts. Make a ball with each piece and then flatten it, forming a bread loaf. Place bread
loafs in a non-sticky baking sheet.
- Let double for the fourth time. Bake it at medium temperature
(European oven:150 degrees Celsius; American oven:302 degrees Fahrenheit) for forty-five
minutes to one hour.
- In a small bowl add a spoonful of boiling water, ten spoonfuls
of fine sugar more or less, until it thickens, and finally, a teaspoon of vanilla essence.
- Remove the bread loafs from the oven. While still hot, covered
them with the sugar mixture suing a brush. If wanted, decorate with glazed fruit or
raisins.
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Main Dish
 Ají de Lengua
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Fricasé
Fritanga
Lechón al Horno
Majao
Picana de Pollo
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Plato Paceño
Saisi
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Helado de Canela
Leche Asada
Manjar
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a la Olla
Pan
Dulce
Pukacapas
Tawa-Tawas
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