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Bica de azeite
A rustic Portuguese olive-oil bread with a soft crumb and lightly crisp crust.
About Bica de azeite
Bica de Azeite is a traditional flat olive-oil bread associated with Portugal's Beira Baixa region. This profile fixes the simple savoury bread-flour version rather than egg-rich or sweetened branches.
Extra-virgin olive oil gives the wheat dough a fruity aroma and gentle richness, while fermentation and salt keep the flavour bread-like rather than cakey.
The baked bica is low and rustic, with a lightly crisp golden surface and a moist, tender crumb.
Allergens in this recipe
Contains: Wheat (gluten).
Other allergen details are unconfirmed.
Ingredients vary by restaurant. Confirm your allergens with staff before ordering.
Ingredients in Bica de azeite
Beira Baixa Bica de Azeite.
- Bread flourWheat dough structure
- WaterDough hydration
- Extra-virgin olive oilTender crumb and olive aroma
- Active dry yeastFermentation and lift
- SaltSeasoning and dough balance
Ingredient details & uncertainties
Allergen information is incomplete. Unconfirmed details do not establish that an allergen is absent.
- Bread flour:
- Water:
- Extra-virgin olive oil:
- Active dry yeast:
- Salt:
Origins & food traditions
Bica de Azeite is documented as a traditional flat bread from Beira Baixa. Pãomania supplies a complete olive-oil bread formula and permits either Portuguese T65 wheat flour or good bread flour and either fresh or dry baker's yeast; this profile fixes bread flour and dry yeast and excludes optional sugar and extra finishing oil.
Countries
- Portugal
- PortugalCatalogue link pending review
Cuisines & regions
- Beira Baixa Cuisine
- Portuguese Cuisine