Sacaduros

Hackeysak Sacaduro rolls

are quite scrumptious

even if they failed to

blossom into petals. 

Fun volcano sponge step

First up was one of my favorite of Rose's recipes,

The Basic Hearth Bread,

for the dough.

Had I realized this was needed for Sacaduros,

I could have made them back

when I mistakenly made the dough for

the Pretzel Bites.

Mixing the sponge into dough

Is it too dry?

Is it too wet?

I wish there was an instant read thermometer

that measures moisture in dough.

The dough behaved nicely during risings.

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It was much too wet to form petals,

and instead formed puddles around the butter slices.

I tried out Trader Joe's new cultured salted butter,

leaving out the sprinkle of salt.

It's very nice butter.

I baked up half the dough and put the 

remaining in the refrigerator for the night.

Maybe a night chilling will make a difference.

Regardless of the lack of shapeliness,

they are delicious.

My husband,

who has zero appetite

from being in and out

of the hospital

absolutely loves them.

The texture is the perfect

combination 

for his discerning Italian palate.

Go figure!

UPDATE

After refrigerating half the dough overnight,

which had gone through all the risings,

it was wrapped around butter

and thrown in the oven

on a cookie sheet.

No flour coating, 

no pizza stone,

no ice cubes for steam.

The flavor is spectacular; 

the crust nice and soft.

What a surprise.

~

The Bread Bible

by

Rose Levy Beranbaum