Cookbook

Ingredients

  • 1 kg  Day of the Dead Bread
  • 350 g  Egg
  • 150 ml  Water
  • 40 g  Fresh yeast
  • 150 g  Ground sesame seeds
  • 500 g  Semi-sweet chocolate
  • 170 g  Toasted sesame seeds, hulled
  • 300 g  Refined sugar
  • Water to taste

Preparation

Dough

  1. Place the fresh egg, yeast, and Pan de Muerto Mix in the mixer bowl.
  2. Mix with the dough hook on the first speed setting for 1 minute.
  3. Knead on speed 2 for 10 minutes.
  4. Add the water and continue kneading until the dough becomes elastic—this takes about 10 more minutes of kneading—then add the ground sesame seeds.
  5. Once the ingredients are fully combined, let the dough rest at room temperature for 20 minutes.
  6. Cut and shape the dough into the desired shapes, decorate the pieces with bone-shaped pieces of dough, and let them rise for 90 to 120 minutes.
  7. Bake at 160 °C for 20 minutes. Let the pieces cool to room temperature.

Completed

  1. Mix the water and sugar until the sugar dissolves to form a soft caramel; finally, add the sesame seeds and stir until they are completely incorporated. Spread the mixture onto wax paper and let it cool.
  2. Melt the chocolate in a double boiler and coat the pan de muerto.
  3. Finally, grind the caramelized sesame seeds and sprinkle them over the chocolate.

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