Cuca "Italiana

A dish with all-purpose flour and sugar at the center. On the table in about 40 minutes.

Serves 8 · 40 min · Brazilian

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Ingredients

Units: US Metric

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710 ml all-purpose flour
350 ml sugar
3/4 of a cup of warm water
2 eggs
89 ml milk
30 ml lard or butter
15 ml instant dry yeast
A pinch of nutmeg
5 ml vanilla essence . (optional)
Optional herbs and spices: Fennel seeds, cinammon, cloves. Don't put too many though.
240 ml sugar
120 ml flour
30 ml lard or butter
5 ml vanilla essence

Make it lactose-friendly

6 tablespoons of milk → lactose-free milk, oat milk, or almond milk
2 tablespoons of lard or butter → plant butter, ghee (mostly lactose-free), or olive oil

Swaps are suggestions, not medical advice. Check labels if lactose is a serious issue for you.

Add the sifted flour, the nutmeg and a pinch of salt into a bowl. In another one, add the sugar, the warm water, the fat of choice, the yeast and the vanilla essence.
Unite both mixes and knead it until an homogenous dough forms. Put it in a properly floured and greased baking tray that you would use for baking bread, or a tall, round tray for cake.
Prepare the "farofa" mixing the sugar, the flour, the fat and the vanilla essence with your fingertips, until they form crumbles. Now put the "farofa" over the dough, cover it with a cloth and leave it to rest for 2 hours.
Then, bake it at a pre-heated 180C (356F) oven for 40 minutes.
Have it with fruit jam (grape is my favourite) or dulce de leche, and some coffee.

Nutrition (estimated, per serving)