The Bread Baking Babes made Ensaimadas for their second anniversary in February 2010. This month is the BBBs' third anniversary and we decided that the anniversary bread would be a favourite of the breads baked so far. Even though I hadn't made them yet, I chose Ensaimadas as my favourite. How could I not? Ensaimadas are based on a Majorcan bread made with lard. We used duck fat.
Ensaimada dough is rolled out very very thinly.
Slather with soft fat. The traditional fat is lard. We used duck fat. Other BBBabes used goose fat, olive oil and butter.
Rolled up like a jelly roll.
Then coiled.
And baked.
Too bad I didn't REMEMBER to bake these on the top shelf!!
Good thing we have a sharp bread knife.
Rescued
But I seem determined to have blackened ensaimadas.
I have an audio virus now....
Luckily, the ensaimada is delicious inside.
We served the rescued and rewarmed ensaimadas with the most delicious brown lentils and homemade smoked sausage.
Fresh watercress with blue cheese dressing was the perfect accompaniment.
Brown Lentils, Smoked Sausage, Watercress salad with blue cheese dressing on the side.
Biscotti Picanti . Broa . Brunkans Långa . Challah . Chinese Steamed Flower Rolls . Coccodrillo . Cornucopia . Croissants and Pains au Chocolat . Cuban Bread . Fougasse . Dan's Garlic Bread . Ensaimadas . Five-Grain Bread with Walnuts . Hamburger Buns . Herbed Soda Bread . Italian Knots . Kaiser Rolls . Mary's Dark Onion Rye . Naan . Rewena paraoa . Royal Crown Tortano . Soft Pretzels . St. Hildegard's Spelt Bread . Stollen . Streusel Potato Coffee Cake . Stromboli . Swedish Rye . Sweet Portuguese Bread . Taralli Pugliesi . Whole-Wheat Pita . Yeasted Sprouted Wheat Bread
