Breadnut Bread

Courtesy of Clementina Rodríguez Díaz

Ingredients

• 1 kg. of breadnut seeds (well cooked, boiled)
• 2.5 liters water
• 5 eggs
• 1 stick of butter
• 1 cup of honey

Directions

1. Boil the breadnut seeds in a pot of water with ash until tender and the skin peels away.
2. Mash the breadnut with your hands until it forms a soft dough; place it in a mixing bowl.
3. Mix in the yolks of five eggs, the butter, and the honey. Stir.
4. In a separate bowl, whip the whites of the eggs until firm. Then fold the egg whites into the breadnut mixture.
5. Grease the baking pan with butter and pour the mixture into a pan.
6. Bake at 350° for about 45 minutes. To check if the bread is done, insert a knife. (When the knife comes out clean, the bread is done.)
7. When the bread is cooled, tip it out onto a platter and serve with Café de Capomo