After reading this terrible news I got very upset yesterday, but I am getting over it today. Food always seems to comfort me so I am coming back to this blog and the wonderful food community to forget, for at least a little while, about the horrible world that surrounds us.
Anyway, what is choriqueso? Choriqueso is a typical Mexican appetizer made with chorizo and melted cheese (lot’s of fat, yeah!) served in small clay pots and eaten with flour tortillas, so delicious! I wanted to make choriqueso this week, but after reading this post on Una Donna Dolce’s blog I decided to make a choriqueso bread.
I made some changes to the original recipe to make it whole-wheat choriqueso bread, originally only cheesy bread. What I loved about Una Donna Dolce’s recipe was all the spices and peppers used in the bread. That’s why I knew it was perfect for my choriqueso. The bread was perfect to eat by itself, but I used it to make some chicken sandwiches for lunch Monday, hmmm that was a piece of foodie heaven.
Choriqueso whole-wheat bread
Makes 2 loavesFor this recipe you will need:
- 1 1/2 cup warm water
- 1 packets active dry yeast
- 2 eggs
- 2 TBSP vegetable oil
- 2 TBSP unsalted butter, melted
- 2 TBSP Kosher salt
- 2 tsp brown sugar
- 1 tsp smoked paprika
- 1 TBSP ground black pepper
- 1 TBSP garlic powder
- tsp chili powder
- 1 chipotle in adobo, minced (Una Donna says it’s optional, it was a must for me)
- 1/2 cup shredded mozzarella cheese
- 3 cups whole wheat flour
- 3 cups all purpose flour
- 2 cups shredded Chihuahua cheese (the original recipe called for crumbled sharp cheddar)
- 1 small onion, minced
- 1 lb Mexican chorizo
Preparation:
- In a large bowl combine yeast and water and let it stand for 5 minutes.
- In a separate bowl mix oil, butter, salt, sugar, paprika, black pepper, garlic powder and minced adobo.
- If you have a standup mixer use the dough hook to combine both mixtures adding flour little by little until well mixed.
- Knead by hand on a lightly floured surface for 4 minutes.
- Transfer dough to a greased bowl and it rest until double, about 1 hour.
- In the mean time cook the chorizo and the onions.
- Grease two 8×4″ bread pans and separate the dough in two.
- Roll the dough into 2 rectangular shapes and top each one with chorizo and cheese. Roll each loaf up like a roll, tuck ends under and place seam side down in a pan. Spray with nonstick spray and let rise for one hour.
- Pre-heat oven to 375ºF. Bake bread for 35 minuts or until the crust is golden. Top with some cheese and bake for another 5 to 10 minutes. Cool for 15 minutes before unmolding and transferring to cooling racks.
For the chicken I marinated 2 chicken breasts in 2 TBSP of honey mustard and 1 TSBP of the adobo juice of the adobo peppers for 2 hours before grilling. That was one delicious lunch.
This is my entry for this week’s Bookmarked recipes roundup at Ruth’s blog. Check out all the delicious recipes that every month the participants bookmark and try.
¡Buen provecho!
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Ben, I know what you mean about the upsetting news. It broke my heart. Our local channels had video and all, I couldn’t watch the devastation. I don’t understand how Bob and I could watch fireworks (we can see the outskirts of Juarez from my backyard) for the Independence Day celebration and then turn around and hear about the grenade attacks. It’s inconceivable. There are new reports by the FBI that they have received a note saying that the drug war will now be escalating in the US. I live 10 minutes from the border. Well, que Dios nos cuide.
I love the Choriqueso Bread recipe, especially served over the grilled chicken. It makes an excellent meal. Great post.
Posted on September 17th, 2008 at 12:13 pm
You are so brilliant it’s scary! I absolutely love this idea, would never have thought to put choriqueso in bread…but looking at it now it’s seems so obvious. Really like the thought of it for a grilled chicken sandwich too. Total salivation. And you got me thinking about all kinds of crazy things in bread now.
Posted on September 17th, 2008 at 12:49 pm
Sorry to hear about the sad news. I can only imagine the lovely taste of this bread.
Posted on September 17th, 2008 at 1:07 pm
I’m so sorry to hear about such violence at what should be such a joyful time! What a fabulously creative way to deal with your emotions, however.
Posted on September 17th, 2008 at 1:10 pm
Great-looking bread!
Sorry to hear about the upsetting news. What is the world coming to? So sad.
Posted on September 17th, 2008 at 6:43 pm
The world is a strange place…so saddened to hear what happened. As for the choriqueso, I recently had the pleasure of indulging in this at a pretty authentic Mexican restaurant in San Francisco….and boy what is it addictive! I can only imagine the combination with bread…bring on those carbs I say!
Posted on September 17th, 2008 at 7:36 pm
Sorry to hear the news bro. It upsets me to know that there is that much hate out there, especially on such a special holiday.
On a lighter note, I really dig the bread. It reminds me of sausage bread, but it has a nice Mexican twist to it, and honestly, a whole lot more going on. I was surprised at the brown sugar, but it sounds delicious
Posted on September 17th, 2008 at 8:09 pm
Ben, I’ve made chorizo bread before but never thought to put the cheese in until I saw this! Nice combo!
Posted on September 17th, 2008 at 8:20 pm
Oh man that is some decadent bread!
Posted on September 18th, 2008 at 7:47 am
Bread, chorizo, queso…mmmm. Add cerveza o vino and I’m in!
Posted on September 18th, 2008 at 9:03 am
Benm this would cheer up the grumpiest of people. I hope all’s well.
Posted on September 18th, 2008 at 10:21 am
It was indeed horrible news and I have family in Morelia. We were going crazy until we found out our family was ok. Nonetheless it still hurts me to know that people died and many were injured. My thoughts and prayers are with them.
Cannot wait to try this delish meal.
Posted on September 18th, 2008 at 12:01 pm
I agree, cooking is a good way to deal with heartbreaking news. This is such a creative recipe. I bet it tasted wonderful.
Posted on September 18th, 2008 at 12:52 pm
Ben you have a wonderful loaf! And the chicken sandwich is a spectacular use for it!
I’ll never understand some people.
Posted on September 18th, 2008 at 3:03 pm
ben this is a lovely looking bread. now i wish you would get one of these sandwiches over here so we can enjoy it together over a glass of bubbly!
Posted on September 18th, 2008 at 4:00 pm
Oh, your bread looks so yummy. I have made bread with bacon before – it would be great to try it with chorizo.
Posted on September 18th, 2008 at 10:45 pm
Ben, this was terrible news indeed, and my heart goes out to anyone caught up in this mess.
We all take comfort where we can, and I’m glad you have a solace in baking. Your bread is unusual and tempting…
Posted on September 19th, 2008 at 5:34 am
This bread sounds so amazing! I love baking bread and I love chorizo, but I never would have thought to combine the two! Thanks for a great idea!
Posted on September 19th, 2008 at 9:21 pm
So sorry to hear about the tragic news.
Thanks for sharing this idea. That swirl of goodness in the center look s hard to resist.
Posted on September 19th, 2008 at 9:24 pm
I don’t know how we can make the world a better place to live in to eliminate all the anger and hatred. Maybe if we brought everyone together over a table of great food they would all go home happy. One way to make me happy would be to try this bread you have invented Ben:D
Posted on September 20th, 2008 at 7:49 am
such a tragic thing to happen… all we can do is continue to pray… but i guess your marvelous idea of a lunch will bring a definite smile in everyone’s faces…
Posted on September 20th, 2008 at 12:28 pm
You know, one of the things I love most about the food blogging world is that it is a (mostly) positive place where most people can get along. It’s great to escape the ugliness of the world sometimes in food! This sandwich, and especially the bread, looks and sounds amazing!
Posted on September 22nd, 2008 at 3:32 pm
You have me drooling here.
Posted on September 29th, 2008 at 10:26 pm
delicious! kind of reminds me of an amped-up version of the hornazo we made (spanish easter bread) a few months back. fabulous!
Posted on October 1st, 2008 at 8:42 pm
This bread is right on! I love filled breads.
Posted on October 3rd, 2008 at 4:37 pm
That bread would be great all by itself, but as a sandwich it looks amazing!
Posted on March 15th, 2009 at 2:44 pm
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