DISH RESEARCH · Bread
Semita
Semita is a traditional Salvadoran sweet yeast bread or pastry filled or layered with fruit preserve and typically sweetened with sugar.
About Semita
Semita is a traditional Salvadoran sweet yeast bread or pastry filled or layered with fruit preserve and typically sweetened with sugar.
Ingredients in Semita
Recorded ingredient connections, rather than a complete recipe. Explore an ingredient for more detail.
- Fruit Preservefilling
- Sugarsweetener
- Baker's Yeastbinder
- Cinnamonseasoning
- Vegetable shorteningcooking medium
- Buttercooking medium
- Eggbinder
- Cow Milkother
- Saltseasoning
- Wheat flourbase
Ingredient connections awaiting review. Versions and preparation vary.
Origins & food traditions
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