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Bisquets mexicanos
Flaky biscuits
Bisquets: tall flaky Mexican bakery biscuits served warm with butter and jam
MexicanMexico City cafés such as the old breakfast halls of the Centro serve bisquets split hot with butter and strawberry jam alongside café con leche. They are taller, sweeter and more cake-like than American biscuits, with a shiny egg-washed top and layers that pull apart. They contain wheat, egg and dairy. Chef's tip: cut straight down with a sharp cutter and never twist, so the sides stay open and the bisquets rise tall.
- Total time
- 40 min
- Difficulty
- medium
- Serves
- 10
Ingredients
- 16 oz plain flour
- 2 ⅛ oz sugar
- 4 tsp baking powder
- 1 tsp salt
- 5 ½ oz cold unsalted butterdiced
- 1 egg
- 1 cup cold whole milk
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Method
0/6 doneStep 1: Heat the oven to 400°F and line a tray. Mix 16 oz plain flour, 2 ⅛ oz sugar, 4 tsp baking powder and 1 tsp salt.
3 minStep 2: Rub in the 5 ½ oz cold unsalted butter with your fingertips until it looks like breadcrumbs with a few pea-sized pieces.
6 minStep 3: Beat the 1 egg with the 1 cup cold whole milk, pour in and stir with a fork just until it clumps into a soft dough. Over-working the dough is the classic mistake and gives tough, flat bisquets.
2 minStep 4: Pat out 2.5 cm thick, fold in half, pat out again and fold once more for layers. Pat to 3 cm thick.
4 minStep 5: Cut 7 cm rounds straight down, re-patting scraps once, and set them close together on the tray. Brush the tops with 1 egg yolk beaten with 1 tbsp milk.
5 minStep 6: Bake 18–20 minutes until tall, deep golden and the sides look dry when pulled apart. Serve warm.
20 min
Nutrition per serving
- Calories
- 300 kcal
- Protein
- 6 g
- Carbs
- 38 g
- Fat
- 14 g
- Fibre
- 1 g
Nutrition values are estimates.
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Good to know
- How long does bisquets mexicanos take?
- About 40 minutes in total: 20 minutes to prepare and 20 minutes to cook.
- How many people does it serve?
- 10 as written. Change the servings above the ingredients and every amount scales to match.
- Is it vegetarian?
- Yes. It has no meat or fish.
- What can I use instead of plain flour?
- Self-raising flour, same amount (then leave out the baking powder).
- What can I use instead of sugar?
- Caster sugar, same amount.
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