meat bread - bola de carne

It is very típica in Portugal, to make bread with meat stuffing. 

Usually we opt for lots of types of dried meats such as chouriços and hams. I prefere to use the minced meat leftovers and lots of cheese. 

Dough:

- 1kg all purpose flour

- 1 tea spoon baking east

- 1 tea spoon of salt

- 250gr margerine (softened by heat) 

- 100gr olive oil

- 2 eggs + 1(egg saved for crust) 

Just use a wooden spoon to mix the ingredients and then use your hands or some tiny ones that really want to handle it. 😁 The dough should be soft and easy to handle, not too sticky nor too runny. 

Then use about half of it and spread it against a form. Should be fairly easy considering the softness of the dough. Use you fingers to spread it thin and around the borders of the form.

Add your choice of fillings. Mine was a layer of cheese, then minced meat (already cooked) and finally cheese again. 

Top it with the remaining dough. Beat the remaining egg until homogeneous and spread it over the dough. 

Bake it in a preheated oven at 180C for at least 45min.