Dabo Recipes

ETHIOPIAN MILK AND HONEY BREAD (YEMARINA YEWOTET DABO)

Steps:

• Mixing and First Rise
• Bloom the instant yeast for 2-3 minutes by combining it in a small bowl with the warm water and sugar.
• In a large bowl, whisk the dry ingredients.
• In a small bowl, mix the slightly warmed milk, honey, and egg.
• Add the wet ingredients to the dry ingredients along with the yeast-sugar-water and mix thoroughly. Cover and let the dough sit about 15 minutes to develop the the gluten.
• Pour the oil over the dough and work it in by squishing and kneading for several minutes. Cover and let the dough rest another 15 minutes.
• Do 1-2 rounds of stretching and folding with a 15-minute rest in between.
• Cover and let the dough rise for another 1.5-2 hours or until the dough has doubled. In a warm summer kitchen, my dough rose for about 2 hours total from initial mixing to doubled. In a cooler kitchen, the dough may need longer.
• Shaping and Second Rise
• Wash and dry your banana leaves.
• Line a 9" springform pan with the leaves, making sure you have excess for wrapping over the top of the dough. (See the photo gallery below)
• Lightly oil the leaves on all parts that will touch the dough.
• Gently scrape the dough out of your bowl and into the pan. With damp fingertips, press the dough to gently de-gas it and spread it evenly in the pan. Wrap the leaves over the top of the dough, not tightly on top but with no exposed dough.
• Let the dough rise again for 1-1.5 hours until the leaves/dough are cresting over the top edge of the pan.
• Baking
• Preheat oven to 350F.
• Place the pan on the middle rack and bake for 55 minutes. Check on the bread partway through the bake and carefully re-cover it with the leaves if some pop off from the oven spring. Bread in a heavier/thicker pan may need longer to bake. Aim for an internal temp over 200F.
• After baking, pop open the springform latch and let the bread cool on a rack for about 20 minutes before removing it from the pan and peeling off the leaves.
• Serve warm if desired, for breakfast, snack, or dessert.

DABO

Steps:

• In mixing bowl, dissolve dry yeast and baking powder in the water. Mix in egg yolks, salt, sugar and oil.
• Add the flour and prepare a smooth dough by kneading for 5 minutes.
• Let dough rise in a covered bowl at room temperature for about 6 hours. Punch down.
• In lightly oiled large round skillet, place the dough.
• Cover pan and let dough rise for 1 hour.
• Cook it still covered, over gas or electricity on the top of the stove at low heat for 25-30 minutes.
• Turn the loaf over and bake on the other side 5 mins more.
• Serve at room temperature.