Onion and Bacon Bread
Description
The baking is simple and quick to make. Light, airy, porous onion bread will charm you from the very first bite! Believe me, you won’t find baked goods like this in any store. It’s so delicious that you’ll keep baking it at home in your kitchen with your family.
Instructions
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Step 1
Prepare the listed ingredients. You can use fresh, smoked, or salted lard — whichever you prefer.
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Step 2
Crumble fresh yeast into a deep bowl and mix with salt and sugar.
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Step 3
Pour in warm water and mix everything thoroughly so that the yeast, sugar, and salt dissolve in the water. Add one third of the flour and mix it thoroughly into the liquid. Cover the container with a towel or a lid and leave in a warm place for 15–20 minutes to make a sponge.
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Step 4
Meanwhile, peel the onion and rinse under water. Dice into small cubes, the same as the salt pork. Fry in a pan without vegetable oil for about 5 minutes until the onion is golden brown.
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Step 5
At this point the sponge should have risen; transfer it to a deeper container.
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Step 6
Add the sautéed onion with bacon to the sponge and mix.
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Step 7
Add the remaining flour and work it into the dough; the dough should be sticky.
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Step 8
Line the pan with parchment paper and grease or spray it with vegetable oil. Put the prepared dough into the pan and leave it in a warm place for half an hour to rise; the dough should double in volume.
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Step 9
When that happens, brush or spray the surface of the dough with vegetable oil and bake in an oven preheated to 220 degrees for 20 minutes. Then reduce the heat to 200 degrees and bake the bread for another 15–20 minutes.
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Step 10
Remove the finished bread from the pan and let it cool slightly if you want to serve it warm. For neat slices, let it cool completely.
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Step 11
In any form it turns out very tasty! Be sure to try it!