6 Oct 2009

Pão (Pao) Bread Recipe As Baked in Mozambique

Pãozinho (Portuguese Rolls)

Ingredients

  • 10 cups flour (approximately 5 pounds)
  • 2 packages active dry yeast
  • ¼ cup margarine
  • 1½ teaspoons shortening
  • 1 Tablespoon salt
  • 1 Tablespoon sugar
  • 3½ to 4 cups lukewarm water

Procedure

  1. Dissolve the yeast in ½ cup of the water with ½ teaspoon sugar added. Let stand for 5 minutes, or until bubbly.
  2. Place in a large bowl and add enough flour to make a batter.
  3. Cover the bowl with a cloth and blanket and let stand until it forms bubbles and looks lumpy.
  4. Add the remaining ingredients and mix well, kneading well until smooth, about 10 minutes. Add more flour if dough is too soft.
  5. Cover again with cloth and blanket and let stand in a warm place until doubled in size.
  6. On a floured board, using about ⅓ cup dough for each bread roll, shape into round balls and let rest on a cloth dusted with flour.
  7. After all rolls are shaped, beginning with rolls that were shaped first, flatten each with palm of hand, making an indent in the middle with the side of your hand, then fold in half.
  8. Lay each roll on the cloth with open side down.
  9. Let rolls rest for 5 minutes. While rolls are resting, preheat oven to 500°F.
  10. Place rolls on baking sheet with open side up and lightly brush with milk.
  11. Bake in oven for 10 to 15 minutes.

Makes about 24 rolls.

via foodbycountry.com

It was a battle to find this recipe as I was searching for "mozambicue pao" rolls recipe and did not use the Portuguese spelling of Pão or Pãozinho. Now I can try and make my own Mozambican bread rolls.