Easter Folar
The Easter Folar is a traditional Portuguese sweet bread. I made it for the first time this Easter and I had to mix and match several recipes to come up with my own. I am very proud to say that the taste came out exactly as I remembered it! Fennel and cinnamon are the flavours of Easter in Portugal so it is not surprising that this sweet bread tastes of both. Serves: 2 breads. Ingredients: 500g white bread flour 1 tbsp fast action yeast 100g sugar 1 tsp cinnamon 1 tsp fennel seeds, crushed pinch of salt 3 eggs 50 ml Aguardente (I used vodka instead as I had none at home) 80g butter, melted 50ml warm milk 2 hard boiled eggs Egg wash: 1 beaten egg Method: Add the flour, sugar, yeast, cinnamon and fennel and the pinch of salt to a bowl. Mix. Add the 3 eggs, the Aguardente and the butter and mix well. Add the milk slowly until you have a consistent dough. Kneed the dough on the work surface for 5-10min until ready and then let it prove for 1-2h or until doubled in size. Weigh the doug...