Pan de Jambon - Ham Bread

Recipe by Helena Paneyko

A traditional (and easy to make) dish from Venezuela, shared with family and friends over the Christmas holidays. I like it so much that I also make some during the year!

My parents usually bought them at a local bakery, until I learned how to make it. It has taking me sometime to "look" like the ones from the bakery. I would say it is a work in progress!

As you well know, friends and family are very forgiving...and I have seen the plate where I bring my pan de jamón empty in a couple of minutes!

Pan de jambon/ ham bread

Ingredients

Bread dough. You can also use pizza dough.

Cooked ham

Raisins

Olives

Butter

Yolk of an egg

Method

  1. Spread the dough as fine as possible.
     
  2. "Paint" it with butter.
     
  3. Place the ham in a way that it will cover all the surface
     
  4. Olives and Raisins on top of the ham, distributed randomly but covering as much space as possible. (You could add almonds or other ingredients if you wish).
     
  5. Fold the ends of the dough and roll it until you have like a bread/shape look.
     
  6. Make some perpendicular cuts on the surface and paint with egg yolk.
     
  7. Bake it in the oven at 190C (350F) for 30 minutes, and voilá!
     
  8. Enjoy!

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