Baked balloon bread are light, tasty, and very scenic loaves. The peculiarity of this bread is that it inflates during baking. They can also be cooked in a pan creating a pocket that can be filled with cold cuts, cheeses, vegetables, or sweet creams.
They are made with just a few ingredients: flour, salt, water, yeast, and nothing else!
The Recipe is really easy and quick!! But now let’s see some tips and the step-by-step VIDEO on how to make it…
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- Difficulty: Very easy
- Cost: Very cheap
- Preparation time: 10 Minutes
- Portions: 10
- Cooking methods: Oven, Stove
- Cuisine: Italian
- Seasonality: All seasons
- Energy 189.50 (Kcal)
- Carbohydrates 37.63 (g) of which sugars 0.83 (g)
- Proteins 7.63 (g)
- Fat 0.68 (g) of which saturated 0.00 (g)of which unsaturated 0.00 (g)
- Fibers 1.26 (g)
- Sodium 432.16 (mg)
Indicative values for a portion of 70 g processed in an automated way starting from the nutritional information available on the CREA* and FoodData Central** databases. It is not food and / or nutritional advice.
* CREATES Food and Nutrition Research Center: https://www.crea.gov.it/alimenti-e-nutrizione https://www.alimentinutrizione.it ** U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service. FoodData Central, 2019. https://fdc.nal.usda.gov
Ingredients
- 4 cups Manitoba flour
- 1 tsp instant yeast
- 1 1/3 cups water
- 2 tsp salt
How to make balloon bread
Place the flour in a bowl along with the yeast and mix.
Then pour in the water and knead well until you form a loaf.
Let it rest in a bowl for 25-30 minutes covered with plastic wrap, preferably in the oven with the light on.
After the rest time, divide the dough into 10 balls of about 80 g each.
Roll all the balls with a rolling pin to a thickness of about 3/8 inch. Then let them rest for another 10 minutes.
Bake your balloon bread in the oven at 392°F until the bread puffs up and becomes golden, about 5-6 minutes.
Storage and tips for baked balloon bread
Baked balloon bread can be kept for one day at room temperature, covered with plastic wrap. An alternative cooking method could be to cook it in a non-stick pan at a fairly high temperature, without added fats.
FAQ
Watch the video recipe for oven-baked balloon bread:
