Trenza Camba (Baked Braid)  Ingredients:       6 cups flour    2 cups whole wheat flour       1 cup wheat bran    2,1/4 cups warm water       3 tablespoon fresh yeast    4 tablespoon sugar       5 eggs    1 cup margarine       1 teaspoon salt

Preparation:

In a large bowl, mix both flours with wheat bran, sugar and salt. Make a hole in center and place the crumbled yeast. Pour 1 cup of warm water, cover with a cloth and let stand for 10 minutes. After this time add 4 beaten eggs and margarine. Mix with hands, and add slowly the remaining water, just enough to reach a soft dough. Cover and let stand for 20-30 minutes. Make small balls (about the size of a golf ball) and roll them to reach about 30 cms. long strings. Take a piece of dough by the middle and cross it; then, put the ends together to make the shape of a ring. Brush with beaten egg, and bake in moderate oven for 15-20 minutes. Then, open oven door and keep it open for 3 minutes. Turn oven to very low temperature and close oven door again. Keep bread in the oven for approximately 2 hours, or until nicely dried and toasted. Make sure the oven is not hot, so the bread will not burn.

Categories:  Breads

Estimated preparation time:  180 min.

Language:  English

Shared by:  Pukis    2010/01/15