Bread identification help (an easter bread?)
Hello there!
Long ago, my family lived in Portugal for a few years, due to a stint my Father had in NATO. While there, my Mother picked up a recipe for what she called a "Bolleri"; she claimed that it was a Portuguese Easter bread/cake. It was basically a circular bread, covered with icing (and I think crystallised fruit) - it also contained a charm, and a bean. The notion was that if you found the bean, you had to make the next Bolleri; if you found the charm... I don't even remember.
Knowing my Mother, this might not be a Portuguese recipe, an Easter recipe, a Traditional recipe, or anything other than whimsical fabrication. My Google Fu has failed me, and I figure that if it ever existed somewhere other than our kitchen, someone here has seen it!
Here ya go...:
http://www.recipetips.com/kitchen-tips/t--1129/festival-breads.asp
Laura
Does this look familiar?
http://www.grouprecipes.com/108584/bolo-rei---portuguese-kings-cake.html
Christmas is kind of close to Easter. ;-)
Oh you lovely person, thank you!
You're right, it's kind of close. ;) That picture is much more impressive than my Mother's version; she can never find out! ;)
Be sure to post photos after it's baked. It's a very pretty bread.
Will do!