Easter Bread With Cheese

10 ingredients
12 steps

Ingredients

  • 5 eggs
  • 2 3/8 cups flour + 200 grams strong flour
  • 6 3/4 tablespoons water
  • 2 1/2 tablespoons yeast brewer's
  • 1 teaspoon sugar
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 1 teaspoon ground black pepper
  • 5 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
  • 3 7/8 tablespoons lard no substitutions
  • 9/16 pound grated cheese mixed

Directions

  1. 1
    Dissolve the yeast with the sugar in the warm water and let it proof in a plastic cup, for 5 to 6 minutes.
  2. 2
    Add the yeast to some flour and stir into a thick batter, let this rest, covered with flour for 40 to 50 minutes.
  3. 3
    In the meantime, beat the eggs and add the salt, black pepper, grated cheeses, and the oil and incorporate.
  4. 4
    Once the thick batter has begun to crack, begin adding the egg mixture by hand and knead with the flour.
  5. 5
    Knead well and add the soft lard.
  6. 6
    Knead thoroughly for approximately 15 minutes.
  7. 7
    Let the dough rest, covered, at room temperature for 45 minutes.
  8. 8
    Place the dough in a deep, narrow, flared cake pan which has been well greased, and let the dough rest in a warm area until it reaches the top of the pan.
  9. 9
    Bake at 200C for the first 20 minutes with a pan full of water for the steam.
  10. 10
    Place the cake pan in the oven as soon as it is turned on so that it does not form a crust and so it will rise better.
  11. 11
    Bake for approximately one hour, after 45 minutes use a toothpick to check for doneness, the toothpick should come out clean.
  12. 12
    The bread should be eaten 3 or 4 days after it is prepared for the flavors to be most enhanced.

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