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Bolo do caco
Madeiran sweet-potato flatbread cooked on a hot griddle and served with garlic-parsley butter.
About Bolo do caco
Bolo do Caco is Madeira's round flatbread, distinguished by sweet potato in its wheat dough and by cooking on a hot stone or griddle rather than in an oven. This profile follows the traditional warm bread finished with garlic and parsley butter.
Sweet potato lends gentle sweetness and moisture to the yeasted wheat crumb. Griddle charring adds toasted notes, while melted butter, garlic and parsley give the warm surface rich, savoury fragrance.
The bread is a thick, flattened round with a flour-dusted golden crust and scattered dark griddle marks. Inside it is pale, soft and slightly chewy, with a moist close crumb that readily absorbs the melting butter.
Allergens in this recipe
Contains: Wheat (gluten), Milk.
Other allergen details are unconfirmed.
Ingredients vary by restaurant. Confirm your allergens with staff before ordering.
Ingredients in Bolo do caco
Madeiran Sweet-potato Bolo do Caco with Garlic-parsley Butter.
- All-purpose wheat flourElastic bread structure
- Sweet potatoMoist, gently sweet crumb
- Active dry yeastDough leavening
- SaltDough seasoning
- WaterDough hydration
- ButterRich warm finish
- GarlicSavoury butter seasoning
- Fresh parsleyHerbal butter seasoning
Ingredient details & uncertainties
Allergen information is incomplete. Unconfirmed details do not establish that an allergen is absent.
- All-purpose wheat flour:
- Sweet potato:
- Active dry yeast: . The selected source names active dry yeast without a producer or complete commercial formula
- Salt:
- Water:
- Butter:
- Garlic:
- Fresh parsley:
Origins & food traditions
Portuguese Recipes supplies the complete sweet-potato dough and griddle method selected here, including its garlic, parsley and butter finish. Madeira's official tourism site independently identifies Bolo do Caco as a Madeiran bread born in Porto Santo, explains its hot basalt-stone method and calls garlic-parsley butter the traditional serving version.
Countries
- Portugal
- PortugalCatalogue link pending review
Cuisines & regions
- Madeiran Cuisine
- Portuguese Cuisine