DOCE RECIPES

Steps:

• Dissolve yeast in warm water in a large bowl.
• Stir in milk, 3/4 cup sugar, 3 eggs, salt, margarine or butter, and 3 cups of flour.
• Beat until smooth.
• Stir in enough of the remaining flour to make the dough easy to handle.
• Knead dough on a lightly floured surface until smooth and elastic - about 5 minutes.
• Place in a greased bowl and let rise in a warm place until it is double in size - about 1 to 1 1/2 hours.
• Punch down dough and divide in half.
• Shape each half into a round slightly flat loaf.
• Place each loaf into a well greased round 9" x 1 1/2" pan.
• Cover and let rise until double (a/b an hour).
• Heat oven to 350°F.
• Beat 1 egg and brush over tops of loaves.
• Sprinkle with 1 teaspoon of sugar.
• Bake until loaves are golden brown, about 35-45 minutes.

Steps:

• Put the rice in a medium saucepan and cover it with water. Add in the milk, cinnamon stick, lemon peel and a pinch of salt. Split the vanilla pod, scraping the seeds out, add both the pod and the seeds to the saucepan.
• Place it over medium heat, cook the mixture stirring occasionally utill the rice is fully cooked - around 30-35 minutes. The mixture should be very creamy and moist. Add the sugar, stirring for another minute. Remove it from the heat, pull out the vanilla pod, the cinnamon stick and the lemon peel.
• In a small bowl, combine the egg yolks and 1tbsp of the cooked rice. This process will temper the yolks, which means gently increase its temperature, preventing the eggs from scrambling when added to the hot mixture.
• Let it cool for a few minutes before serving it with a dusting of cinnamon.