Pan de jamón venezolano / Traditional Venezuelan Ham Bread

English Translation

INGREDIENTS:

DOUGH:

  • 500 grams of wheat flour (reserve 250 grams of flour in case the dough is still wet)
  • 125 grams of liquid milk (warm)
  • 75 grams of egg
  • 1 tablespoon of yeast (activated in 50 grams of water)
  • 100 grams of sugar
  • 5 grams of salt
  • 75 grams of "papelón" (unprocessed brown sugar made from sugar cane juice, usually sold like a solid piece shaped like a brick, a disc, or a cone. Also known as "piloncillo", "chancaca", "raspadura", or "panela".) Here's a nice article that explains the process.
  • 100 grams of butter
  • Lard for the tray

FILLING:

  • 300 grams of smoked ham (in my case I used turkey ham, but you can also use any type of pork ham substitute)
  • 3 slices of bacon (turkey bacon is also an option if you don't eat pork but I wouldn't suggest not using it as some of that fat and smokiness add a delicious flavor to the bread)
  • 30 grams of raisins macerated in rum or red wine (pomegranate juice is a good non-alcoholic option)
  • 38 grams of olives stuffed with pepper (cut into wheels) 



Empanadas de pisillo de pescado con guasacaca de ajo / Empanadas of "pisillo" (shredded fish and sofrito) and garlic "guasacaca" (Venezuelan avocado sauce)

English Translation

Ingredients for 10 empanadas

DOUGH

  • Pre-cooked cornmeal, 2 cups
  • Water, 2 and ½ cups
  • Salt, 1 teaspoon
  • Oil (to fry the empanadas), ½ liter

SOFRITO

  • Oil, ½ cup
  • Annatto seeds, 1 tablespoon
  • Finely chopped cilantro roots and stems, ¼ cup
  • Finely chopped garlic, 2 cloves
  • Finely diced onion, 1 small one
  • Finely diced red bell pepper, ½ cup
  • Tomato paste, 2 tablespoon
  • Boiled fish fillet, 250 grams
  • Salt, 2 teaspoon

AVOCADO SAUCE

  • Finely chopped garlic, 1 clove
  • Cilantro leaves, ½ cup
  • Salt, 1 teaspoon
  • Mayonnaise, ½ cup
  • Milk, ½ cup
  • Avocado, 1 small one

And here's my fish pisillo that I used to make the empanadas and bollos pelones, another traditional Venezuelan dish made out of pre-cooked cornmeal.

Y aquí está mi pisillo de pescado que usé para hacer las empanadas y unos bollos pelones, otro plato típico venezolano hecho con harina de maíz precocida.
 

BACCHANAL PEPPER SAUCE: A One of a Kind, Hot Sauce Elixir / Un elixir de salsa picante, única en su tipo


When I finished the subtitles for this TEDxTalk, I knew that I wanted to subtitle Liza's videos. I went to her website Food. Curated. and I found myself binge-watching one video after another. Here's one of her videos with English subtitles. 

Visit Sonya's company website if you want to learn more about her pepper sauce.


(Chile = Ají = Pimiento)

Cuando terminé de subtitular esta charla de TEDx, sabía que quería subtitular los videos de Liza. Fui a su página web Food. Curated. y me pasé todo el día viendo sus videos, uno tras otro. He aqui uno de los primero videos con subtítulos en español.

Visita la página web de la compañía de Sonya si quieres conocer más sobre su salsa de chiles.