Subj : Today in History - 1870
To   : All
From : Dave Drum
Date : Fri Oct 07 2022 05:09:00

07 October 1870 - GAMBETTA FLOATS AWAY FROM THE CHAOS OF A PARISIAN 
SIEGE: One of the greatest orators in French history, an enemy of his 
country's imperial rulers, and a political dynamo par excellence, L++on 
Gambetta escapes a Paris under siege during the Franco-Prussian War by 
boarding a hot-air balloon and floating to relative safety in the city 
of Tours.

MMMMM----- Recipe via Meal-Master (tm) v8.06

      Title: Crunchy Balloon Bread (Gonggal-ppang) 
 Categories: Breads, Snacks
      Yield: 4 loaves

MMMMM--------------------------DOUGH---------------------------------
    1/3 c  Water
      1 ts Sugar
      1 ts Dry yeast
        pn Salt
      2 tb Oil
      1 c  A-P flour
      1 ts Black sesame seeds (opt)
      1 tb (to 2 tb) flour; for dusting

MMMMM-------------------------FILLING--------------------------------
      3 tb Brown sugar
      1 ts Toasted sesame seeds
      1 ts Ground cinnamon

  PREPARE THE DOUGH & FILLING: Make the filling by mixing
  the sugar, sesame seeds, and cinnamon powder in a bowl.
  Set aside.

  Start the dough by combining water, sugar, dry yeast,
  salt, and vegetable oil in a bowl. Mix well with a
  wooden spoon.

  Add the flour and mix it well with the wooden spoon.

  Knead the dough by hand for about 2 minutes, until itgCOs
  smooth. Let it sit for an hour,

  Uncover the dough and knead it another minute until itgCOs
  very smooth and soft.

  Divide the dough into 4 equal size balls. Roll each into
  a nice smooth ball on the cutting board.

  Cover the 4 balls with plastic wrap to prevent them from
  getting dried out while you work.

  MAKE THE BREAD: Put a non-stick baking pan into the oven
  and heat the broiler.

  Sprinkle some flour on the cutting board. Take one ball
  and roll it out with a rolling pin into a 4 inch disk.
  Add 1/4 of the filling in the center.

  Lift up the right and left edges of the disc, bring them
  together, and pinch and seal them together. Then bring
  the top and bottom edges together too, to make a kind of
  dumpling.

  Gently flatten and roll the disc out with your rolling
  pin, little by little, so as not to break it. Sprinkle
  some flour as needed so the dough, cutting board, and
  rolling pin dongCOt stick together.

  Turn it over and roll it out carefully into a 5 1/2" to
  6" disk.

  Repeat with the rest of the dough balls.

  BAKE THE BREAD: Your oven and the pan inside will be
  very hot. Change the oven setting from broil to bake.

  Put each bread disk on the heated pan in the oven. Set
  the oven temperature to 350+|F/175+|C and bake it for 15
  minutes. Check out the color and crunchiness of the
  bread. 

  If you want it darker and crispier, bake them for 1
  minute more.

  Let them cool down a bit and serve and eat. You can also
  freeze them up to 1 month.

  RECIPE FROM: https://www.maangchi.com

  Uncle Dirty Dave's Archives

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