Chorizo Bread | Pao Caseiro com Chourico #SundaySupper
Ingredients
  • 4 cups of Flour
  • small package of yeast or 2¼ teaspoons
  • 1 cup water
  • 1 teaspoon sea salt
  • 2 eggs
  • 2 small chorizo sliced thin and cut in half (Portuguese or Hard Chorizo, not Mexican)
  • Flour for dusting
Instructions
  1. Place the yeast in a small bowl
  2. Stir half the water
  3. Mix well with your hands until the yeast is dissolved
  4. Stir a handful of flour and knead until it becomes a ball
  5. Cover with a cloth and let stand in warm place for 1 hour
  6. After one house, place the yeast in a large glass or ceramic bowl
  7. Add the remaining water, eggs, salt and a handful of flour
  8. Knead until mixed well and slowly add the remaining flour
  9. If the dough starts to get too hard and dry, add a little more water.
  10. Make a ball with the dough
  11. Cover with a cloth and let rise in a warm place for 2 hours
  12. Sprinkle the counter with flour
  13. Cut the dough in 3 and make balls with the dough
  14. Place the balls on flour and spread with a rolling pin into a rectangle or circle
  15. Spread the chorizo evenly over the dough
  16. Wrap and seal the ends and shape the bread
  17. Place the loaves on a baking tray sprinkled with flour
  18. Make a cross with your hands on top of each loaf (I have no idea why, but Vo-Vo said you have to do this)
  19. Cover the tray with a cloth and let rise 1 hour
  20. Bake at 350 degrees for approximately 30 minutes.
  21. The outside will be very crispy and the inside will be very soft. Serve warm with butter.
Recipe by Family Foodie at https://familyfoodierecipes.com/chorizo-bread-pao-caseiro-com-chourico-sundaysupper/