Bolo do caco
 Typical bolo do caco stand in Madeira | |
| Place of origin | Madeira Island  Portugal  |
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| Main ingredients | Salt, Sweet Potato, Sugar, Flour, Yeast |
Bolo do caco is a flat, circular bread, shaped like a cake and thus called bolo (Portuguese for 'cake'). It is traditionally cooked on a caco, a flat basalt stone slab. The bread is usually served with garlic butter,[1] or eaten as a sandwich with octopus, espetada, milho frito or as a prego (steak) sandwich.
Recipe for Bolo do Caco (flatbread with garlic butter)
The "Bolo do Caco", very popular in Madeira, is a round flatbread that amongst other things consists of sweet potato flour. In many restaurants and bistros, garlic bread, sometimes refined with cheese, is served as a starter. There are many different versions of the preparation - this recipe [2] comes from my pen.
| RECIPE FOR TWO MEDIUM SIZED FLATBREADS |
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| Ingredients for the garlic butter: |
| (You can also use margarine instead of butter)
100 gr. soft butter or margarine 2 - 3 cloves of garlic A bit of salt A few sprigs of parsley Depending on the amount you use, this will be enough for more than one bread. Tip: If you keep the garlic butter in the fridge for one or two days, the taste gets more intense. |
| Preparation of the garlic butter: |
| The butter should be so soft that you can spread it with a knife.
Cut the garlic into very small pieces and add it to the butter, season with a little salt and stir with a spoon. Mix in the finely chopped parsley. You may use the butter immediately. However, it tastes more intense,if you keep it in the fridge for one or two days. |
| Preparation of the bread: |
| Cut the two breads in the middle, so you have four flat halves. Spread the garlic butter on each half. Then put the coated halves back on top of each other.
The breads are placed in the oven at 160 ° C (convection) for approx. 5 - 10 minutes. The goal is to make the bread warm or hot and, above all, to melt the butter well. I cut the bread in small triangles with a pizza cutter, but that's a matter of taste. They can of course also be served whole. |
| An alternative to refinement with cheese: |
| When the bread is ready and out of the oven, unfold the halves.
Cover the desired (or all) halves with any cheese. Put back the halves topped with cheese into the oven for a few minutes. Best on the top rail at 160 ° C and preferably with a grill function. When the cheese has melted, you Bolo do Caco is ready. Good Appetite! |
See also
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References
- ^ ""BOLO DO CACO" BREAD". Retrieved 19 January 2017.
- ^ "Recipe for Bolo do Caco with download". Retrieved 23 April 2020.