Christmas Ham Bread

Typical Venezuelan Christmas bread. Slightly sweet, filled with ham, bacon, raisins, green olives and capers

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% Daily Values based on a 2,000 calorie diet

Step 1

Warm milk and add butter until melted

Step 2

Mix flour, sugar, salt and yeast

Step 3

Add egg and milk/butter. Final temperature should be less than 40 °C before adding

Step 4

Make the Dough ball-shaped, and let it rest for 1 hour until it doubles its size. Cover with plastic wrap

Step 5

Divide the dough in half and stretch with a rolling pin each half in a rectangle shape, around 40h x 30w cm

Step 6

Make a line of Olives 1 cm from the top of the dough then make a wrap around the line of Olives

Step 7

Add ham to no more than 60% of the dough from the top

Step 8

Add 3 bacon strips horizontally, spread evenly

Step 9

Add raisins and capers spreaded across the whole dough

Step 10

Roll in the dough. Add parchment paper to a baking sheet and let the dough rest for 20 minutes while the oven is pre heated

Step 11

For brushing, add an egg with a teaspoon of sugar(brown preferably) and 2 tblsp of milk in a cup

Step 12

Stab the dough evenly on the top, brush with the egg mix and bake

Step 13

Let the bread rest a couple of hours at least before slicing it