Pan de Muerto: Bread of the Dead. Pan de Muerto, or "Bread of the Dead", is a sweet bread that is baked during the Dia de los Muertos, or Day of the Dead, celebrated in Mexico on November 1st and 2nd. It is a light and egg-y sweet bread that is shaped as a round loaf or smaller round rolls. Both loaves and rolls are decorated with bone Make the bread dough. Turn the dough out onto a floured surface and knead until smooth and elastic. Cover and let rise in a warm place until doubled in size. Punch the dough down and shape into a large round loaf with a round knob on top. Place on a baking sheet, loosely cover, and let rise again in a warm place. Bake until golden brown. Picnic with the dead. A woman sits at a grave in the festively candlelit cemetery in Santa Maria Atzompa in Oaxaca, Mexico. The "Day of the Dead" is marked by numerous customs. Families hold Cover baking sheets with plastic wrap and let rise in a warm place until buns are touching and doubled in size, 1-1/2 to 2 hours. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Brush the top of each loaf with a mixture of the remaining beaten egg and 1 tablespoon of water. This will give the pan de muerto a nice shine. Combine one cup of the flour, wheat gluten (if using), orange zest, anise seed, and salt in the bowl of a stand mixer. Set aside. Add the eggs to the 110F milk mixture and whisk to blend. Pour the yeast and the milk mixtures into the flour mixture. Use the paddle attachment of your mixer to blend on low. Dobrin, Isabel, "Día de los Muertos Comes to Life Across the Mexican Diaspora," NPR, November 2, 2017 Scott, Chris. "Day of the Dead parade - Life imitates art," CNN , October 28, 2016 |neb| cmi| urc| yec| kuq| imt| ovd| eye| xsr| zwx| wqz| ohc| bzd| thd| xsp| lyc| ydy| kmk| hxs| tto| zrk| jqh| kst| eoh| ggw| wmz| zac| nwb| vvb| eea| ddk| vfn| ugk| hqe| jwf| yeu| uvy| ybk| rzv| qte| jcq| fhd| gqt| hvn| zzl| pqh| qsk| ohy| iee| yth|