40 Bread Recipes from Around the World

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40 Bread Recipes from Around the World2/40 Middle East: Pita Bread 6 Reviews Test Kitchen Approved Taste of Home Total Time 25 min Servings 6 pita breads Go to Recipe From the Recipe Creator: A common yeasted flatbread across the Middle East, pita bread is known for its pockets, which form when the bread rises quickly in a hot oven. Serve it warm dipped in homemade hummus or stuffed with falafel. Here’s how to make pita bread step by step. Nutrition Facts: 1 pita bread: 231 calories, 1g fat (0 saturated fat), 0 cholesterol, 789mg sodium, 48g carbohydrate (0 sugars,

2g fiber), 7g protein

2g fiber), 7g protein. 3/40 Italy: Focaccia 2 Reviews Test Kitchen Approved Taste of Home Total Time 55 min Servings 2 loaves (8 pieces each) Go to Recipe From the Recipe Creator: Focaccia is rustic, all-purpose bread from Italy. You can use it as sandwich bread or serve it as a side dish. It’s often heavily herbed and its texture can absorb copious amounts of olive oil. For another variation, try this Olive Focaccia. Nutrition Facts: 1 piece: 147 calories, 6g fat (1g saturated fat), 0 cholesterol, 75mg sodium, 20g carbohydrate (2g sugars, 1g fiber), 3g protein. 4/40 India: Naan

For a more authentic version, here’s how to make naan the traditional way

Test Kitchen Approved MARK DERSE FOR TASTE OF HOME Total Time 2 hours 5 min Servings 8 servings Go to Recipe From the Recipe Creator: One of the most popular types of Indian bread, naan is a flatbread traditionally made with all-purpose flour, as well as milk or yogurt, and brushed with butter or ghee. This coconut garlic naan recipe uses whole-wheat flour and is brushed with coconut oil for a slightly healthier take on the recipe. For a more authentic version, here’s how to make naan the traditional way. Nutrition Facts: 1 piece: 232 calories, 13g fat (10g saturated

fat), 2mg cholesterol, 304mg sodium, 25g carbohydrate (1g sugars, 2g fiber), 5g protein. Lauren Habermehl for Taste of HomeFrance: BaguetteOf all of the many types of French bread, baguettes are one of the most well known. Not to be confused with French loaves, which are wider, baguettes are long and thin. Eat them on their own dipped in olive oil or slathered with butter, or use them in these recipes that start with a baguette. Go to Recipe 5/40 6/40 Mexico: Conchas Contest Winner Test Kitchen Approved Taste of Home Total Time 1 hour Servings 1 dozen Go to Recipe

From the Recipe Creator: Conchas are a type of Mexican sweet bread that come in a variety of colors and shapes. They have fluffy, brioche-like dough and a crispy streusel topping that’s scored to resemble a shell. Eat conchas for breakfast or a snack, and then try these other sweet bread recipes. Nutrition Facts: 1 roll: 475 calories, 19g fat (11g saturated fat), 89mg cholesterol, 229mg sodium, 67g carbohydrate (19g sugars, 2g fiber), 9g protein. 7/40 Stollen 3 Reviews Test Kitchen Approved Traditional Stollen Recipe photo by Christine Ma for Taste of Home Total Time 55 min Servings 2 loaves

They make a great snack, appetizer, breakfast or side dish

Go to Recipe Nutrition Facts: 1 piece: 244 calories, 8g fat (4g saturated fat), 35mg cholesterol, 75mg sodium, 40g carbohydrate (18g sugars, 2g fiber), 4g protein. Courtesy of Aline Shaw Brazil: Pão de QueijoPão de queijo, or Brazilian cheese bread, are rolls made with tapioca flour. As Brazilian food blogger Aline Shaw of Brazilian Kitchen Abroad writes in her pão de queijo recipe, the rolls are designed to be “lightly crunchy on the outside, soft and chewy on the inside.” They make a great snack, appetizer, breakfast or side dish. Go to Recipe 8/40 siims/gettyimagesNorway: LefseLefse is a Norwegian potato

flatbread that’s traditionally eaten around Christmastime

flatbread that’s traditionally eaten around Christmastime. Serve it topped with butter and jelly, cinnamon and sugar, or deli meat and cheese. Go to Recipe 9/40 Rezel Kealoha for Taste of Home Philippines: Ube BreadUbe bread is a type of filled bread (similar to a cinnamon roll or pinwheel bread) that’s stuffed with ube, a purple yam originally from the Philippines. This ube bread recipe is both a milk bread and a yeast bread. Go to Recipe 10/40 Lis Hernandez for Taste of HomeVenezuela: ArepasArepas are cornmeal-based breads that are often stuffed with meat and vegetables to make a sandwich. They’re

Check out these other sandwiches from around the world

also popular in other South American countries, and you can either grill or bake them. Check out these other sandwiches from around the world. Go to Recipe 11/40 Artush/Getty Images Ethiopia: InjeraInjera is a spongy, fermented flatbread that’s used in place of silverware to scoop up dishes from stews to meat. It’s usually made with teff, a gluten-free whole grain that’s loaded with nutrients. To make it at home, try this recipe from food blogger Imma Adamu of Immaculate Bites. Check out these other gluten-free bread recipes, too. Go to Recipe 12/40 13/40 Hungary: Beigli 17 Reviews Contest Winner Test

A beigli is a Hungarian sweet roll filled with either nuts or seeds

Kitchen Approved Taste of Home Total Time 1 hour 10 min Servings 4 loaves (12 pieces each) Go to Recipe From the Recipe Creator: A beigli is a Hungarian sweet roll filled with either nuts or seeds. The stuffed brioche-like dough is a traditional Christmas treat for many folks with Central European heritage. Try these other classic Hungarian recipes. Nutrition Facts: 1 piece: 222 calories, 12g fat (5g saturated fat), 36mg cholesterol, 87mg sodium, 26g carbohydrate (13g sugars, 1g fiber), 4g protein. 14/40 Finland: Pulla 4 Reviews Test Kitchen Approved Taste of Home Total Time 50 min Servings 2 loaves

(20 pieces each) Go to Recipe From the Recipe Creator:

(20 pieces each) Go to Recipe From the Recipe Creator: Pulla is Finnish sweet bread that’s often braided and always scented with the enticing aroma of cardamom, making it perfect for a teatime treat. If you like this recipe, check out these other beautiful braided bread recipes. Nutrition Facts: 1 piece: 114 calories, 3g fat (2g saturated fat), 18mg cholesterol, 91mg sodium, 19g carbohydrate (5g sugars, 1g fiber), 3g protein. 15/40 United States: Fry Bread 7 Reviews Test Kitchen Approved Taste of Home Total Time 10 min Servings 2 servings Go to Recipe From the Recipe Creator: Originating from the

You can eat it plain with butter and honey, or pile it with taco toppings

Native Americans of the southwest, fry bread is a flat disc of dough fried in oil or lard. You can eat it plain with butter and honey, or pile it with taco toppings. Nutrition Facts: 1 piece: 285 calories, 7g fat (1g saturated fat), 0 cholesterol, 349mg sodium, 48g carbohydrate (1g sugars, 2g fiber), 6g protein. Lenorlux/Getty Images Armenia: LavashLavash is a type of flatbread that’s popular in Armenia as well as other nearby countries. (It’s also the name of one of our favorite cookbooks from around the world.) This lavash recipe from food blogger and cookbook author Hilda Sterner

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of Hilda’s Kitchen Blog includes directions to make lavash with or without yeast. Go to Recipe 16/40 17/40 United Kingdom: Hot Cross Buns 16 Reviews Test Kitchen Approved TASTE OF HOME Total Time 40 min Servings 2-1/2 dozen Go to Recipe From the Recipe Creator: These buns are filled with dried fruit and topped with a bit of icing. Traditionally they are served on Good Friday, but they are delicious enough to enjoy all year. Nutrition Facts: 1 bun: 171 calories, 3g fat (2g saturated fat), 28mg cholesterol, 145mg sodium, 31g carbohydrate (12g sugars, 1g fiber), 4g protein. 18/40 Ireland:

Traditionally, no yeast was used and it was as basic as could be

Soda Bread 55 Reviews Test Kitchen Approved Taste of Home Total Time 45 min Servings 1 loaf (8 pieces) Go to Recipe From the Recipe Creator: Irish soda bread is unique in that it is leavened only with baking soda. Traditionally, no yeast was used and it was as basic as could be. These days, you can find Irish soda bread recipes with additions like cheese, dried fruits, herbs and seeds. Nutrition Facts: 1 piece: 210 calories, 6g fat (3g saturated fat), 59mg cholesterol, 463mg sodium, 33g carbohydrate (8g sugars, 1g fiber), 6g protein. Rezel Kealoha for Taste of Home

This recipe comes from recipe developer Rezel Kealoha

Japan: Milk BreadJapanese milk bread, also known as Hokkaido milk bread or shokupan, is a fluffy white bread often made with a starter technique called tangzhong. This recipe comes from recipe developer Rezel Kealoha. Rezel recommends eating Japanese milk bread with homemade jam and butter when it’s warm and fresh, but it’s also popular with egg salad! Go to Recipe 19/40 20/40 Slovenia: Poteca 8 Reviews Test Kitchen Approved Taste of Home Total Time 1 hour 25 min Servings 12 servings Go to Recipe From the Recipe Creator: Poteca, sometimes spelled potica or povitica, is an Eastern European yeast-based pastry

filled and layered with a sweet nut mixture

filled and layered with a sweet nut mixture. It can be round, shaped or in a loaf. Any way you slice it, it’s delicious. Nutrition Facts: 1 piece: 509 calories, 26g fat (11g saturated fat), 92mg cholesterol, 182mg sodium, 66g carbohydrate (41g sugars, 4g fiber), 8g protein. 21/40 Poland: Bagels 26 Reviews Test Kitchen Approved Taste of Home Total Time 50 min Servings 1 dozen Go to Recipe From the Recipe Creator: Bagels are distinctive breads in that they’re boiled before they’re baked (much like pretzels). They hail from the Jewish communities in Poland, and while they’re perfectly delicious plain,

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