Kouglof with bacon and onion fondue
AdvancedIngredients
for 20 pieces
- 250 g of Type 0 flour
- 60 ml of milk
- 160 g of eggs
- 20 g of brewer’s yeast
- 7 g of salt
- 30 g of granulated sugar
- 190 g of softened butter
- 40 g of onion fondue (see recipe below)
- 55 g of Guanciale (or Pancetta)
for the fondue
- 1 large red onion
- 1 pinch of fine salt
- 1 teaspoon of extra virgin olive oil
- Salt and pepper
Method
First of all prepare the red onion fondue.
Peel and cut the onion very thinly.
Grease a pan with the extra virgin olive oil and add the thinly sliced onion.
Season with salt and mix.
Cover with a lid and cook over low heat until the onions are completely soft.
Be very careful that they do not burn or stick to the bottom of the pan.
If necessary, add a few teaspoons of hot water.
When the onions are completely cooked and soft, put them in a mixer and blend.
Pass the pulp through a sieve.
Put aside.
Dough preparation
Cut the Guanciale into thin sticks and slightly heat the milk in a saucepan until it’s warm.
Pour the milk into the bowl of a stand mixer and add the yeast.
Mix well with the whisk attachment until the yeast has completely dissolved in the warm milk.
Now sift the flour in the bowl, add the salt and sugar, and then the eggs.
Using a hook attachment knead the ingredients until the dough reaches the right consistency.
Now add the butter one piece at a time, and continue kneading until the stops sticking to the sides of the mixer bowl. At this point you can add the onion fondue and the smoked Guanciale.
Continue to knead mixing the ingredients well.
Put the dough in a warm place and let it rise until it doubles in volume. Once doubled, deflate it, and divide it into pieces of 35 g for small molds with a diameter of 9 cm or, if you want to make a large one, calculate 500 g of dough for a mold with a diameter of 20 cm.
Try to shape each piece into spherical shaped loaf.
Butter the molds, place the loaves inside them and make a hole in the center. Let rise at 28° C and then bake at 180° C in a ventilated oven until golden brown.
