Pandesal

Pan de sal
Pan de sal
Type Bread
Course Breakfast
Place of origin Philippines
Main ingredients Flour, eggs, yeast, sugar, salt

Pandesal or pan de sal (Spanish for "salt bread"[1]) is a common bread roll in the Philippines made of flour, eggs, yeast, sugar, and salt.[2][3]

Description

Pan de sal is a popular yeast-raised bread in the Philippines. Individual loaves are shaped by rolling the dough into long logs (bastón) which are rolled in fine bread crumbs. These are then portioned, allowed to rise, and baked.

It is most commonly served hot and consumed by dipping in coffee. It can also be complemented with butter (or margarine), cheese, jam, or peanut butter.

Its taste and texture closely resemble those of the Puerto Rican bread pan de agua and Mexican bolillos. Contrary to its name, pan de sal tastes slightly sweet rather than salty.[4][5]

History

The precursor of pan de sal was pan de suelo ("floor bread"), a local Spanish-Filipino version of the French baguette baked directly on the floor of a wood-fired oven (a pugon). It was made with wheat flour and was harder and crustier than pan de sal. Since wheat is not natively produced in the Philippines, bakers eventually switched to more affordable inferior flour resulting in the softer, doughy texture of pan de sal.[1][6]

Pan de sal flourished during the American Commonwealth of the Philippines in the early 1900s, when cheaper American wheat became more readily available. It has since become a staple breakfast bread in the Philippines.[1][7]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Shah, Khushbu. "How Pandesal Became a Filipino Breakfast Staple". Eater. Retrieved 23 April 2017.
  2. ↑ "Pandesal." Archived February 22, 2014, at the Wayback Machine. Pinoyslang.com Archived January 4, 2015, at the Wayback Machine.. Accessed July 2011.
  3. ↑ "Pandesal (Filipino Bread Rolls)-The Little Epicurean". 2015-08-20. Retrieved 2016-07-20.
  4. ↑ applepiepatispate.com
  5. ↑ "Pandesal - kawaling pinoy". 2013-12-11. Retrieved 2016-07-20.
  6. ↑ Estrella, Serna. "The Secret History Behind Pan de Regla and Other Panaderia Eats". Pepper. Retrieved 23 April 2017.
  7. ↑ admin. "Pan de Sal: Philippine National Bread | The Daily Roar". thedailyroar.com. Retrieved 2016-07-20.
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