Filipino
Pandesal (Filipino Bread Rolls)
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Pandesal (Filipino Bread Rolls) is Filipino home cooking, eaten at breakfast, lunch, and dinner. On the plate it is the carb everything else is eaten with. Below is what usually sits beside it, what it does and does not contain, and what else to cook once you have made it.
Ingredients
The quantities follow this count.
How to cook it
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Warm the milk and whisk in the yeast and a pinch of the sugar; let it sit until foamy, about 5 minutes.
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Mix the flour, remaining sugar, and salt, then stir in the yeast mixture, egg, and softened butter to form a soft dough.
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Knead until smooth and elastic, about 8 minutes, then cover and let rise until doubled, about 1 hour.
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Punch down, shape into a log, and cut into 16 pieces; roll each in breadcrumbs.
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Arrange on a baking sheet, cover, and proof until puffy, about 30 minutes.
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Bake at 350F until golden, about 15 minutes, then cool slightly and serve warm.
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Serve it with
A Filipino dinner is a plate rather than a single dish. These are the courses that normally sit beside Pandesal (Filipino Bread Rolls), read from the same composition Dinejot builds a real meal from.
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The dish at the centre
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The cooked vegetable
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The sharp little thing
Safe at your table
Dinejot tracks ten allergens and tags every one of them by hand, so the absences below are as deliberate as the presences. Pandesal (Filipino Bread Rolls) carries dairy, gluten, and eggs. It is free of the remaining 7 allergens on that list.
| Allergen | In this dish | Cook this instead |
|---|---|---|
| Peanuts | No | |
| Tree nuts | No | |
| Dairy | Yes | Java Rice (Filipino Annatto Rice) |
| Gluten | Yes | Java Rice (Filipino Annatto Rice) |
| Shellfish | No | |
| Eggs | Yes | Java Rice (Filipino Annatto Rice) |
| Soy | No | |
| Fish | No | |
| Sesame | No | |
| Coconut | No |
These tags are set by a person rather than inferred from an ingredient list, and they describe the recipe as written here. Read the labels on whatever you actually buy.
What it brings to the plate
Estimated, per serving
- Calories
- 320 kcal
- Protein
- 8 g
- Carbs
- 58 g
- Fat
- 6 g
- Fiber
- 2 g
- Sugar
- 8 g
- Sodium
- 340 mg
- Saturated fat
- 3 g
Estimated values. Actual nutrition varies with ingredients, brands, and how you cook.
When to cook it
Pandesal (Filipino Bread Rolls) takes about 150 minutes from a cold stove to the table, and the cooking itself is a fair bit of work. It is eaten at breakfast, lunch, and dinner. Nothing in the calendar rules it out, so it is a year round dish.
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