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Pueblo horno bread, home-oven formula
Oven bread (NPS) · Pueblo oven bread · Horno bread
The National Park Service gives a two-loaf yeast bread for a home oven, set beside its account of Pueblo hornos. The home formula is not a horno firing process, which varies by village and family.
Hornos and the home formula
Pueblo communities of the Southwest bake bread in hornos, beehive-shaped ovens. The National Park Service page says that each village, and each family, builds its own style, and that horno size depends on family or community use. The page does not describe one uniform Pueblo practice.
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What the home formula is
The formula on the same page is for a household oven. It makes two yeast-raised loaves with shortening, honey or sugar, and flour, baked at 400 F with a pan of water in the oven. It does not reproduce a horno firing, which includes firing the oven, removing the ash and testing the heat, and the source does not give those steps.
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Limits
Rise times are described only as until doubled. Village and family methods for building and firing a horno need community-authored sources, and are not covered here.
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Ingredients
Yield 2 loaves · Scaling: source batch only
Method
- Dissolve the yeast in 1/4 cup warm water and set aside.
- In a large bowl mix the shortening, honey or sugar and salt. Add 1 cup very warm water and stir well. When the mixture is at room temperature, combine it with the yeast.
- Add the flour one cup at a time, stirring after each addition.
- Knead on a floured surface for about 15 minutes until smooth and soft.
- Place in a large bowl, cover and leave in a warm place until doubled. Knead again.
- Divide into two equal parts and shape each into a loaf or round. Place on a greased cookie sheet, cover and let rise again in a warm place.
- Preheat the oven to 400 F (205 C). Place a shallow pan of water on the bottom rack and set the loaves on the middle rack. Bake until lightly browned, about 1 hour.
Conditions
Yield2 loaves
Temperature205°C
Places
United States
Traditional use · Country evidenceThe NPS page describes Pueblo communities of the Southwest. It does not define one uniform Pueblo practice.
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National Park ServiceMethod · History
Oven Bread Recipe / HornosTwo-loaf home-oven formula and bake at 400 F with a pan of water.
Village and family variation in horno construction.
Cited in: Hornos and the home formula; What the home formula is; Limits