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One of the most common items found in Puerto Rican bakeries, this sweet and fluffy bread is named after the Spanish island of Mallorca and is perfect with a café con leche (coffee with milk). Go heavy on the icing sugar!
Ingredients
7g sachet dried yeast55g (¼ cup) caster sugar
100g unsalted butter, melted
3 egg yolks
125ml (½ cup) milk
375g (2½ cups) plain flour, plus extra, to dust
Icing sugar and guava paste*, to serve
Preparation
Dissolve yeast in 60ml lukewarm water in a large bowl. Stir in sugar and set aside in a warm, draught-free place for 5 minutes or until mixture bubbles. Add 80g melted butter, ½ tsp salt, egg yolks, milk and flour, and mix until mixture forms a soft dough.Turn out onto a lightly floured work surface and knead for 5 minutes or until smooth and elastic. Place dough in a greased bowl and cover with plastic wrap. Set aside in a warm, draught-free place for 1 hour or until dough doubles in size.
Punch down dough, then turn out onto a lightly floured surface and shape into a 30cm x 20cm rectangle. Brush with remaining melted butter, then roll up dough, from short end, to form a roll. Trim ends of roll and discard.
Grease the base of a 20cm square cake pan. Cut roll into 9 slices and place, cut-side up, in pan. Cover with plastic wrap and set aside for 45 minutes or until slightly risen.
Meanwhile, preheat oven to 180°C. Bake for 25 minutes or until golden. Cool in pan for 5 minutes, then turn out onto a wire rack to cool completely. Dredge with icing sugar and serve with guava paste.
* Available from Asian and Portuguese food shops and delis.
As seen in Feast magazine, Issue 7, pg147.
Photography by John Laurie.
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