December 29, 2021 - 7:11am
Mafalda typical sicilian bread
Mafalda Is a typical sicilian bread.
It's a street food eat with mortazza o panelle.
Recipe
Re-milled durum wheat semolina 500 g
Wheat flour 500 g
Water 550 g
Salt 25 g
Yeast 25 g
Giuggiulena q.b. ( semi di sesamo )
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Lovely shaping work.
Is it a chewy, dense crumb?
No, soft and light.
Your posts have been missed around here. Nice and cute approachable lunch rolls. I love working with semola rimacinata and sesame seeds so these may be on my menu soon! I had the mistaken though that these were "malefatto" with a different name, but they aren't "badly made" at all!
And then remembered that Mafalda was a girl in comic books in Argentina long ago. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mafalda
Ciao, bello rileggerti.
I know very well Mafalda comic :-)
Wow these are so inviting and the combination of semola rimacinata and sesame seeds is always a winner.
Benny
Yes, in Sud Italia semola rimacinata Is widely used.
Thanks
Tasty looking buns, though shaping looks like it might be a bit tricky.
BTW, Mafalda also a pasta shape?
Lance
No, not difficult
https://youtu.be/PE4B61I4by0
Yes Mafalda Is also a pasta shape.
The shaping and hydration of this Sicilian bread are very reminiscent of the Kieser rolls, made by eastern European N.Y. Jews. Could this be due to the proximity of Sicily to North Africa? Thank you for posting. This is a nice easy project to ring in the new year. I did a rough conversion for the25g of fresh yeast and settled on 7g of IDY. I am still debating with myself of 50% semolina or 100%. Lovely bake thanks again for sharing.
This bread has a strong Arab influence.
You can do It with 100% semola rimacinata but i prefer 50/50 semola rimacinata/ wheat flour.
Thanks