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Cachitos de jamón
Cachitos de jamón: Caracas bakery crescent rolls filled with cooked ham
VenezuelanEvery Caracas panadería opens its morning with trays of cachitos: soft, slightly sweet crescent rolls wrapped around finely chopped cooked ham (pork), eaten standing at the counter with a café con leche. Some bakeries add a little bacon or cheese; cheese-only cachitos are a good vegetarian swap. The common mistake is overfilling, so the ham pokes out and burns. Chef's tip: roll each wedge snugly from the wide end and tuck the point underneath so it doesn't unroll as it bakes.
- Total time
- 150 min
- Difficulty
- medium
- Serves
- 8
Ingredients
For the dough
- 1 ⅛ lb strong white bread flour
- 2 ⅛ oz sugar
- 1 tsp salt
- ¾ cup whole milklukewarm
- 1 egg
- 2 ⅞ oz buttersoft
For the filling and glaze
- 9 oz cooked hamfinely chopped
- 1 eggbeaten with 1 tbsp milk
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Method
0/6 doneStep 1: Mix 1 ⅛ lb strong white bread flour, 2 ⅛ oz sugar, ¼ oz fast-action dried yeast and 1 tsp salt. Add ¾ cup whole milk and 1 egg and knead for 8 minutes, then knead in 2 ⅞ oz butter a little at a time for 5 more minutes, until smooth, silky and elastic.
15 minStep 2: Cover and leave in a warm place for 60–75 minutes, until doubled.
70 minStep 3: Knock back and halve the dough. Roll each half into a 30 cm circle and cut into 8 wedges, like a pizza.
10 minStep 4: Scatter 9 oz cooked ham over the wide end of each wedge, leaving a 1 cm border. Roll up tightly from the wide end and curve the ends into a crescent, point underneath.
15 minStep 5: Set on lined trays, cover and prove for 30 minutes, until puffy. Heat the oven to 375°F.
30 minStep 6: Brush with 1 egg and bake for 15–18 minutes, until deep golden and they sound hollow underneath. Cool for 10 minutes before eating.
18 min
Nutrition per serving
- Calories
- 380 kcal
- Protein
- 15 g
- Carbs
- 47 g
- Fat
- 14 g
- Fibre
- 2 g
Nutrition values are estimates.
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Good to know
- How long does cachitos de jamón take?
- About 150 minutes in total: 130 minutes to prepare and 20 minutes to cook.
- How many people does it serve?
- 8 as written. Change the servings above the ingredients and every amount scales to match.
- What can I use instead of strong white bread flour?
- Plain flour, same amount (the dough will be softer and rise a little less).
- What can I use instead of sugar?
- Caster sugar, same amount.
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