Cuchaule – not your average food of love

Many boys are trying to impress their girlfriends by giving them flowers, chocolates, expensive jewelry etc. Not my boy. When we first started dating, he brought me a sweet bread which he made by himself. Guess what. It worked! I was impressed by that fact that he made all this effort for me. That said the bread was great too. Sweet and fragrant. I took it home and I didn’t let anyone else try it. I ate a piece every day to remind me of him. OK I am not usually this cheese maybe it’s because I was in love or maybe because saffron makes you cheesy.

Last time I was in Switzerland we decided to make this bread again with Fabs. But this time it was different. I was doing all the work, his mother was giving instructions and Fabs was taking photos. So at last I could offer him a gift of love too

 

Ingredients

900 gr all purpose or bread flour

500 gr milk

15 gr salt

50gr fresh yeast

125 gr sugar

125 gr butter

a pinch of saffron

1 egg

First cut the butter into small pieces and add it to the milk.

Warm up the mixture in the microwave just until the butter melts.

Add the sugar and the yeast.

Add the saffron.

Pour the flour in a separate bowl.

Add the salt.

Add the liquids in the middle of the solids and start mixing using a fork.

Mix as well as you can.

And then use your hands.

And continue…

Now it’s time for the karate moves I showed you previously. Work on it until it becomes an even mixture. Separate it into two balls and place it in two bowls.

Cover it with a plastic wrap and let it rest for about 3 hours until it is double the original size.

In the mean time, mix the egg with some saffron powder.

Like this:

Once the breads have rested, make some decorative slices with a sharp knife and brush some of egg on top.

Bake them in 180 degrees C for about 40 minutes.

Voila!

P.S. Sorry I have been away for so long. I will be posting more now I promise