🙏🤤🥖 God bless you all the **HiveBlog community**, how are you spending this beautiful season, how are you doing with the preparation of those Christmas dishes, how is my community passionate about food? Today I want to share with you a preparation I made of a Christmas dish that can not miss on the Venezuelan table and is very consumed in this time of December, and it is the famous **PAN DE JAMÓN**, which I learned years ago, on my own, since I became independent. For me, the ingredient that makes it different from other cultures is the use of papelón, or panela, which is made from sugar cane juice.

🥳🤲✍️ I got down to work and started making the **ham bread** for Christmas dinner at about three in the afternoon (3:00 p.m.), when my beloved daughter gave me a chance. Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, her dad was taking care of her. Here are the ingredients to use, in detail. So that this ham bread will be brutal and will surprise your family with how tasty it will be.
- Masa: 675 gramos de harina de trigo leudante, (1) un sobre de levadura seca (16 gramos), (1) una cucharadita colmada de sal (10 gramos), (1) una cucharada colmada de leche (30 gramos), (2) dos cucharadas colmadas de azúcar (50 gramos), (1) un huevo entero, 1/4 litro de agua tibia (dos vasos pequeños de agua, aproximada de 125 mililitros), y (1) una cucharada colmada de mantequilla (45 gramos).
- Relleno: 200 gramos de tocineta, 200 gramos de jamón ahumado, 100 gramos de pasas, 100 gramos de aceitunas sin hueso y media taza de papelón rallado (100 gramos).
- Otros:(1) cucharadita colmada de azúcar (12 gramos) para el barniz, el pan, y (1) una cucharada colmada de mantequilla (45 gramos) para engrasar la bandeja.
🥚🥄🥣🥖 Ingredientes: **Dough:** 675 grams of leavening wheat flour, (1) one sachet of dry yeast (16 grams), (1) one heaping teaspoon of salt (10 grams), (1) one heaping tablespoon of milk (30 grams), (2) two heaping tablespoons of sugar (50 grams), (1) one whole egg, 1/4 liter of warm water (two small glasses of water, approximately 125 milliliters), and (1) one heaping tablespoon of butter (45 grams). **Filling:** 200 grams of bacon, 200 grams of smoked ham, 100 grams of raisins, 100 grams of pitted olives and half a cup of grated papelón (100 grams). **Others:** (1) heaping teaspoon of sugar (12 grams) for the glaze, the bread, and (1) heaping tablespoon of butter (45 grams) to grease the tray.

- En un colador, se ciñe toda la harina de trigo a usar y una vez ceñida se incorpora la harina en la mesa y se le abre un hoyo en el medio, para introducir todos los demás ingredientes.
- Seguidamente, en un envase de cerámica, se le añade el agua tibia y se introduce la azúcar y con la ayuda de un tenedor se remueve muy bien hasta que no queden grumos.
- Después, se le incorpora el sobre de levadura y se continúa removiendo hasta que se haya diluido en la mezcla. A continuación se incluye la leche en polvo y sé bate hasta que toda se halla diluido; y se deja reposar por 5 minutos la mezcla obtenida.
- Ya activada la levadura, se le agrega a la harina de trigo, poco a poco, y se va amasando.
- Posteriormente, se le suma un huevo entero a la masa, y se continúa con él amasando hasta que se absorba el huevo por completo. Seguidamente, se le adiciona la mantequilla y se continúa amasando hasta lograr una masa suave.
- Luego, se le agrega la sal y se continúa con él amasando hasta lograr que no se pegue en los dedos la masa y quede sin grumos (en ocasiones será necesario añadir un poco más de harina de trigo, no pasa nada si sucede).
- Y por último, se hace una bola y se cubre con paño de cocina. Para, dejar reposar la masa por una hora (1 h) aproximadamente.
💪🙏🤤 **Preparation of the dough:** In a sifter, all the wheat flour to be used is sifted and once it is sifted, the flour is incorporated on the table and a hole is opened in the middle, to introduce all the other ingredients. Then, in a ceramic container, the warm water is added and the sugar is introduced and with the help of a fork it is stirred very well until there are no lumps. Then, add the yeast sachet and continue stirring until it has been diluted in the mixture. Then add the powdered milk and beat until it is all diluted; and let the obtained mixture stand for 5 minutes. Once the yeast is activated, it is added to the wheat flour, little by little, and it is kneaded. Later, a whole egg is added to the dough, and it is continued kneading until the egg is completely absorbed. Next, add the butter and continue kneading until the dough is smooth. Then, add the salt and continue kneading until the dough does not stick to your fingers and is lump-free (sometimes it will be necessary to add a little more wheat flour, it is okay if this happens). And finally, make a ball and cover it with a kitchen towel. To, let the dough rest for one hour (1 h) approximately.



























🥖🎊😜Relleno del pan:
- Tomamos el papelón y lo rallamos, hasta que dé una media taza.
- Luego, vamos sacando el jamón ahumado, la tocineta, las aceitunas y las pasas (todo recomiendo lavarlo) y se coloca en un plato para saber cuánto le tocará a cada pan.
- Y después se toma un envase de plástico y se coloca solo la yema y más azúcar y se remueve bien para hacer el barniz del pan.
🥖🎊😜 **Bread filling:**- We take the paprika and grate it, until it gives a half cup. Then, we take out the smoked ham, bacon, olives and raisins (I recommend washing everything) and place it on a plate to know how much each bread will get. Also, to varnish the bread, take a plastic container and place only the yolk and more sugar and stir well.















- Una vez la masa haya doblado su tamaño, se saca del envase y se golpea para sacarle el aire y en una superficie enharinada, se espolvorea un poco de harina de trigo en la mesa, para trabajarla allí.
- Después, con la ayuda de un rodillo, ir estirando la masa poco a poco, hasta dejarla de un grosor fino y formar en la masa un rectángulo, para ello es necesario cortar los excesos de masa que nos servirá para adornar el pan más adelante.
- Ya estirada bien la masa y con su forma definida, con la ayuda de un cuchillo, cortarla por la mitad, para sacar dos panes de jamón.
- Luego, se inicia con el proceso del rellenado del pan, donde se comienza esparciendo con la ayuda de una cuchara el papelón rallado uniformemente.
- A continuación se le añade las ruedas de jamón ahumado, las tiras de tocinetas, más las aceitunas y las pasas.
- Para finalmente, ir enrollando desde el lado de las aceitunas y se va dando vueltas, según el grosor que usted desea que quede el pan.
- Una vez listo, se va adornando con la masa sobrante.
- Todo este proceso se repite con el siguiente pan a elaborar.
- Cuando se tengan listos los dos panes de jamón, ya rellenos y adornados, se procede hacerle hoyitos en la masa con la ayuda de un tenedor y por último barnizarlos con la mezcla de la yema con azúcar.
- Seguidamente, se engrasa una bandeja con mantequilla y se colocan ambos panes y se introducen al horno a su máxima temperatura por alrededor de 20 - 25 minutos.
😜😋🥖**Preparation of HAM BREAD:** Once the dough has doubled its size, take it out of the package and beat it to remove the air and on a floured surface, sprinkle a little wheat flour on the table, to work it there. Then, with the help of a rolling pin, stretch the dough little by little, until it is thin and form a rectangle in the dough, for this it is necessary to cut the excess of dough that will be used to decorate the bread later. Once the dough is well stretched and with its shape defined, with the help of a knife, cut it in half, to get two loaves of ham. Then, begin the process of stuffing the bread, where you start by spreading the grated paprika evenly with the help of a spoon. Then add the smoked ham wheels, the bacon strips, plus the olives and raisins. Finally, roll it up from the side of the olives and turn it around, according to the thickness you want the bread to be. Once ready, garnish with the leftover dough. This process is repeated with the next bread to be made. When the two ham breads are ready, already filled and decorated, make holes in the dough with the help of a fork and finally glaze them with the mixture of yolk and sugar. Next, grease a tray with butter and place both loaves in the oven at maximum temperature for about 20 - 25 minutes.










































😂😁😏**Once everything is ready**, :** When the breads have been in the oven for 20-25 minutes, remove the tray and, with the help of a spatula, take out the \*ham loaves\* one by one and place them on a plate, letting them rest for 30 minutes. Once ready, I moved them to a nicer plate and surprised my family at our Christmas dinner. When chopped they were beautiful, all the ingredients could be seen and when biting them felt on the palate, each of the ingredients were tasty.






💪🥰🥳 It was a pleasure to share this tasty recipe with all of you. I hope with all my heart that you will try it and surprise your loved ones. Thanks to all of you who read me and always keep an eye on my publications, you are very much appreciated. Greetings and God bless you always. See you soon. Grace and peace.
📱 📱📱 Photos of my authorship, taken with Redmi 9A phone and use of Deepl translator.