Bread is an ancient food, which for many years was the food base of many people. The revenues currently remain at the tables of families in Brazil and the world.
There is no food more universally consumed than bread. It is almost a sin to wake up in the morning and not have that little bread on the table. Therefore, the daily routine is always the same: waking up early and buying the bread. This food is the favorite of the whole world and faithfully accompanies the history of mankind. With this, each place has its specific nomenclature for the bread and in some countries the recipe has already become even the main meal of the day.
Whether sweet, salty, whole, or not, there will always be a type of bread for every taste. In Brazil, at first, the favorite is French bread. Its main accompaniment is coffee butter. But, have you stopped to notice how present this food in the biblical scriptures? “Our daily bread give us today,” “I am the bread of life. He who comes to me will never be hungry; he who believes in me will never thirst.”
Surely, bread was once the basis of the food of the different peoples of antiquities. Therefore, it is not for nothing that in the traditions of the Bible Jesus chose the bread to do the miracle of multiplication. And since we don’t move in time as long as it’s winning, we’re not going to end this custom, aren’t we? It is better to know the recipes and continue to innovate their flavors and delicacies.
History of the bread
First, do you know that passage “who eats of bread will live forever”? So the one who really lived was bread. Undoubtedly this food based on wheat flour and water has been supporting many people through time. According to research, it is estimated, above all, about 14,400 years of existence of the bread. And consequently also evolved the cultivation of wheat flour.
However, it is not known exactly who was the protagonist who made the first recipe, but there are suspicions that it arose among the people of Mesopotamia. Do you know that delicious taste of bread? It wasn’t always like that. The breads were once very hard and flat in the flat format. Its taste was also bitter, because another ingredient that made up the hand was the oak fruit.
However, the initial masses were actually raw food. After a while they decided to try baking that mixture once. Wheat, at that time, was not cultivated, agriculture did not yet exist. The seeds of wheat found on the way were eaten raw by nomadic peoples, then dissolved in water. Subsequently the discovery of fire and planting techniques that improved the baking of bread.
Recipes I Recip
According to research, the creation of the furnaces, 3,000 BC, in ancient Egypt. This means that many recipes of loaves were being invented and improved after that. Some, above all, are still to this day in our day, but it is never too late to give up a new recipe. Since the rolls are the most consumed in the homes of Brazil and the world, we separate some recipes:
1. Homemade French bread
Of all types of bread, French bread is the number 1 consumption in Brazil. Did you know that about 7.2% of your monthly income goes to bakeries? That is, this percentage is at the top of food consumption in Brazilian families. Let’s finally take a look at how to make the French bread and maybe even try to do it at home.
Ingredients
- 600 g sieved flour
- 1 tablespoon of salt
- 1 tablespoon of sugar
- 1 tablespoon yeast for grainy breads
- 2 tablespoons of butter in natural temperature
- 350 ml of warm water
How to prepare
From now on, separate a relatively larger container and pour all the above ingredients. However, do not put the water. After all mixed, add the water gradually and stirring the contents of the container as if it did not need to drip to the sides. When everything is well homogeneous, make a large ball above all with the mass of it lets it rest for about 6 hours.
After the estimated time, then make small balls about the same size as a lemon. With the palm of the hand, love each ball so that it is in the flattened format. When it is flat, roll each dough in small rolls and have them in a form, spaced. Finally, cover with damp cloth and let 90 more minutes grow.
Meanwhile, let the oven warm at a temperature of 240 degrees. Afterwards, make a small stripy with the knife on top of each roll. Throw a little water over each dough, until it drips. Bake in and wait 40 minutes. After that, after all, your French bread is ready, serve it pure, butter, or stuffed with whatever you want.
2. Australian Bread
By virtue of its peculiarity, this bread is the darling of the artisanal hamburgers. Its peculiar taste, half sweet, is success for clientele. Although it is not the daily bread on the tables of the Brazilian people, it is still easy to find in bakeries and supermarkets. It is worth trying, because the bittersweet touch of this recipe is the most captivating of all.
Ingredients
- 2 cups of wheat flour
- 1 cup whole wheat flour
- 1 cup rye flour
- 1 tablespoon cocoa powder
- 1 teaspoon with salt
- 3 tablespoons brown sugar
- 1 tablespoon dried organic yeast
- 50 g butter at room temperature
- 1/4 cup of cane melado tea
- 1 cup warm water tea
- corn to sprinkle
How to prepare
Take a good time, because this recipe takes a certain amount of time to be ready. Come on, let’s go! At first, take a large container and mix the cocoa, sugar and salt. Next to it, catch a glass and dissolve the organic yeast with a little bit of warm water. After this, add with the mixture of the other ingredients already put in the container.
Mix well with a spoonful of stick and add the sugar cane melack. Wash your hands thoroughly and start crumpling the dough. After a while kneading, put the butter and continue the procedure for 15 minutes, even if it takes time. In order to know the end point of the mass check if it is looking like elastic. If not, keep crumpling.
Arriving to the point, model a large ball with the dough, cover with a wet cloth and let it rest for 2 hours straight. After the estimated time, open mass on a flat surface and wrap like a rocambole. Pass your fingers over the splicing to unify with the dough and roll the contents until you become oval. If you think the dough will get too large for your shape, split the dough before in two halves and make two rolls.
Taking to the oven
The two hours of resting are key to the growth of Australian bread. First of all, light the oven 20 minutes in advance, 180o. Sprinkling, especially with a sieve, the cornmeal above the dough and take it to roast. After 30 minutes, when the breads are mostly golden, remove from the oven, put it in another cooler place and it is ready.
3. Bread of calabresa
This bread here is very special and can even be served at dinner, or feiro for some special parties. In short, its calabresa smell is spectacular and is perfect to do when it comes to receiving that little visit, or even to taste with the family.
Ingredients
- 3 cups of wheat flour tea
- 360 ml warm milk
- 2 eggs2 tablespoons of sugar
- 2 tablespoons butter
- 1 tablespoon (dessmea) of salt
- 1 tablespoon dried organic yeast
- 2 cups of limeco tea calabresa in cubes
How to prepare
Take, at first, a frying pan and fry the calabresa. While the oil runs, put it on a paper towel and let the oil drain. In a glass, put the yeast with a little warm water. Enough to dissolve. Likewise, mix well until you reach the point of an elastic alloy. In a blender, lay the eggs the milk in warm spot, butter and salt. Beats to form a single mass.
In the meantime, take a fairly large bowl. Place the contents of the blender and add the yeast dissolved in water. Mix also the calabresa and stir both until the dough is mixed well. Let it rest for 40 minutes. Once this is done, take to the oven for another 40 minutes, remove and serve.
4. Vegan bread of onions
Of course, vegans were not left off this list. Beds is also a food very consumed for those who adhere to this healthier lifestyle. And even you who are not adept at the movement go for sure to want to experiment. It is not difficult to make, so check out the ingredients and how this recipe is made:
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup warm water tea
- 1 cup tea of oil
- 2 medium onions
- 1 pack of dried organic yeast
- 1 tablespoon and half salt
- 4 cups flour until point
- 1 extract of tomatoes
- 1 oregano
How to prepare
First of all, take your organic yeast and put in a glass with warm water. That’s enough to dissolve. That done, set aside. Take the blender and deposit the water oil, also warm, the sugar with the onion and beats until it is homogeneous. In this way, mix the yeast with the beaten contents and let rest with a damp cloth for about 10 to 15 minutes.
Given the time, re-mrass it with a little more flour, sprinkle gradually until it gives the point of ligament. On a flat surface spread some wheat flour, put the dough and sow for 10 minutes. Make flattened dough ball and dispose in a greased shape with oil and wheat. In order to grow the dough, cover with damp cloth and leave quiet, for 1 hour and 20 minutes.
180o deposit the shape and wait for 30 minutes. After 15 minutes in the oven, start the temperature to 21o. Keep an eye out because every oven is different. In conclusion, remove from the oven after the estimated time and serve with coffee, or juice.
5.Beijing bread
At first, the curd bread recipe is known to be a very cute and tasty dough. That’s because this guy is well consumed and is also very simple to do. In fact, it is good to know that this is an ideal request for children. After all, imagine this snack with the good old milk with chocolate. Therefore, there is the tip for moms and grandmothers who are interested in doing.
Ingredients
- 2 tablets of organic yeast (30 g)
- 1 egg
- 1 cup of curd
- 4 tablespoons (soup) of grated Parmesan cheese
- 3 and half cups (tea) of wheat flour approximately
- butter for grease
- wheat flour to sprinkle
- yolk for brushing
- grated parmesan cheese for sprinkling
How to prepare
First, dissolve the yeast in warm water, it can be half a cup of tea, and leave resting with a wet cloth on top. Mix in a relatively large bowl, the egg the curd and the grated cheese. Keep mixing and gradually pour the wheat flour, until you give the point of alloy, add the yeast to the mixture. Reserve and let also rest for 40 minutes.
After the rest model small balls of the dough and put in a greased shape with butter and sprinkled with the wheat. Wait another 30 minutes until doubling the size of the dough. Next, with the yolk of the egg brush a little in each pasta. In a heated oven at 200o, let it bake for 45 minutes. Then, as soon as you brown, your onion bread is ready.
6. . 6. Common Home Bread
In fact, for those who do not want much work when making bread, because of the day to day, but still, as a result of the bread, this recipe is perfect. The purpose, besides being very tasty, the homemade bread is super nutritious and combines with any type of drink. That’s because your taste is unique, it won’t be found in any bakery. Eventually it is good to change habits a little, so try the following recipe:
Ingredients
- 1kg of wheat flour
- 1 cup and a half of warm milk
- half cup of warm water
- half cup of oil
- 4 tablespoons of soca with sugar
- 1 tablespoon with salt
- 2 eggs
- 30 g of organic dried yeast
How to prepare
As always, do the preparation of yeast before you start the other things. Save the yeast, pour the contents into a glass and dissolve with dead water and set aside. In another larger container, such as a bowl, put all the ingredients, except the flour, with the yeast and sove. Gradually, while it kneads, put the wheat flour.
Before you take it to the oven, make a large ball and let it rest for 1 hour. After the estimated time make mostly small balls and let it rest again. On the contrary, the volume will double with time. After this place in a preheated oven in 200o. Thirty minutes later remove. This recipe usually yields 3 potions!
7. 7. Bread Petrópolis
Undoubtedly, the differential of this recipe is that, after finishing, the magic is to toast the slices with butter before eating. Not that bread cannot eat in its natural state, but it is so much more delicious. Look at your step by step:
Ingredients
- 50g of sugar
- 2 and a half cups of wheat flour
- 1 pinch of salt
- 2 packs of fresh yeast
- 1 tablespoon with butter
- 180ml of milk
- 1 egg
- 1 yolk mixed with 1 teaspoon ready coffee
How to prepare
At first, I take the two packets of yeast and dissolve in warm water. It will give the alloy point in the content, book and take a bowl of larger glass. In this container pour the sugar with the sugar, the salt and the flour. Mix well and also book. In another bowl put the butter, egg and milk and mix once more.
Then both mixtures are ready, add them in one bowl and sow to make one dough. After that, let it rest for 20 minutes. Given the right time, already in a greased shape with butter, drip the dough with egg yolk. Finally, with 3 minutes in the oven at a temperature of 180o your Petrópolis bread will be ready.
Afterwards, it slices in such a way that the pieces become large, butter and pass the pan. In this way you will be a delight, then just serve and enjoy, because what is good hard. In any case you will not regret it.
8. Bread of form
The second most recurrent request in Brazil is whole grain bread. Although it is already ready on the shelves, this recipe is very quiet to make. Just buy the right ingredients and take risks. Finally, the result is usually very satisfactory.
Ingredients
- 2 cups of warm milk
- 2 eggs
- 1/3 cup of oil
- 1 tablespoon with sugar
- 1 tablespoon of coffee with salt
- 30 g of organic yeast
- 4 cups of wheat flour
How to prepare
In a cup, with a little warm water, mix in such a way that it turns a bind with the yeast. Then take your blender and deposit as much the eggs, milk, the oil with sugar and salt. Also mix the preparation of the yeast. Beat until it becomes one mass. In a greased form, pour the contents of the blender. However, before it continues, watering 20 minutes of rest of the dough. Then put in the preheated oven in 180o. With 30 minutes your bread is ready.
9.Bread of milk
However, a bread of milk at breakfast is a good order. But, if you are already sickening from French bread and want to give a varied, the bread, or sweet bread, is, at first, a great option, especially if you prefer something softer.
Ingredients
- 600 ml of milk
- 20 grams of organic yeast
- 1 egg
- 125 ml of soybean oil
- 3/4 of a cup of sugar
- From 1 kg to 1 kg and 1/2 wheat flour
How to prepare
At first, this recipe is much easier than you think. Separate the flour from the side and beat the rest of the ingredients in the blender. Pour into a larger bowl and knead with your hands by swirling the flour. After settling and the dough sticking out of your hands keep in a place with a wet cloth on top.
Then make small balls and once again keep the same way, only for 1 hour in a row. As the recipe sequence puts in the oven and wait for 1 hour, until brown. Remove from the oven and serve with butter, or pure.
Curiosities
That the Brazilian territory is very extensive, we all know this. Therefore, in view of the regionalities in Brazil, did you know that French bread can be given various names? After all, each place has its way of speaking and the bread of each day also has its difference in the States.
However, make no mistake, the nutritional value and the importance are the same, regardless of the place. Therefore, if you are giving a return to the region of São Paulo and arrive at the bakery asking for a French bread, they will not understand you. São Paulo has the custom of calling this bread “medium”. However, if you are going to venture in Rio Grande do Sul, the food will be called a “cacetinho”. It sounds funny, but that’s what you read.
In Manaus and Piauí, there is a peculiar way of calling the bread: “thick mass”. Now, if you hear someone saying “bread jaco,” you may know that these people came there from the sides of Sergipe. bald bread, on the other hand, is already a very peculiar expression of Pará.
Finally, for more recipes for breakfast read How to make cake – Simple recipes and tips for a fluffic cake
Sources: Folha de São Paulo, Tudo Gostoso, Bible On, Kitchen Guide, Panel, Super Abril, Terra, Tudo Gostoso 2, Recipes Nestle, All Like 3, Gshow, All Like 4, All Tass 5, InVivo, Super Abril 2, Brazil School, Pitlak, Catraca Livre
