Ube Macapuno Pandesal

Food Recipe

What is Ube Cheese Macapuno Pandesal?

Pandesal or Pan de sal (bread roll) is the most popular bread in the Philippines, and almost everyone grew up eating it. While good on its own, infusing it with other flavors just makes it even more amazing! This is my own iteration on the famous marriage between Ube (purple yam) and Macapuno (soft coconut meat). It’s so easy to make and when you bite into this fluffy bread, all the naturally sweet Macapuno oozes out

Ingredients:

Yields 12 pieces

1 cup fresh milk

2 tsp dry yeast

2 cups all-purpose flour

1 cup bread flour

½ cup sugar

½ cup vegetable oil

1½ tsp salt

1 tsp ube flavoring

2 cups Golden Delights Macapuno

1 cup bread crumb

How to cook:

In a bowl, combine warm milk with 2 tbsp sugar. Let the sugar dissolve. Add the yeast in and leave it for about 8mins till you see foam forming on top In a separate bowl, combine all the dry ingredients: sugar, flour, bread flour, and salt
Make a well in the center then pour the yeast mixture, ube flavoring, and oil Mix well and knead the dough until smooth
Put the dough in a greased bowl and cover with a cling film and place it in a warm place for it to rise for at least an hour
Fill dough with Macapuno once the dough has risen to double its size, put it on a floured flat surface Punch out the excess air from the dough, and divide into your desired size
Flatten individual dough and put the Golden Delights Macapuno in the center and seal
Place the dough on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper. Lightly cover with cling wrap, and let it rise for 45mins Bake
Pre-heat the oven at 350°F Roll the dough in a bowl of bread crumbs and place in a baking sheet lined with parchment paper and bake for about 20 mins
Remove from oven and serve hot!