Heating Bolillo Buns
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The microwave will turn bread on the wrong side of fresh soft again, but you need to eat it right away, while it's still warm.
I just finished my last bolillo bun this morning with a piece of sausage and some sauce.
ETA: it doesn't take much, ten seconds or so.
I just finished my last bolillo bun this morning with a piece of sausage and some sauce.
ETA: it doesn't take much, ten seconds or so.
Claire
Master Chef
Not microwave, it will make them too soft and/or too rubbery. Turn your oven on really, really high. 450 or so, and get it completely pre-heated. Then put them right on the rack, and stay right there. It will only take a minute, seriously. This will give you the nice crispy crust with the soft interior. I slice them before putting them in if I'm making a sandwich with them.
They are great for Cuban sandwiches as well.
They are great for Cuban sandwiches as well.
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When I am trying to unhard bread I generally use a damp paper towl to make some steam in the microwave.
One problem I have found with microwave heated bread is if you over do it when it cools it becomes a brick.
One problem I have found with microwave heated bread is if you over do it when it cools it becomes a brick.
And that is exactly why I said to eat them quickly and not overnuke it
Claire, the oven will crisp the crust. The OP was going for a soft crust like is typical of bolillo rolls. The oven is certainly a good way to warm bread though, even if it does dry it out some.
Claire
Master Chef
Oh, yes. I really don't know what the rolls are supposed to be like, only that the ones I get here have a sort of crispy out, soft in. They very much remind me of the brochen I ate as a kid in Germany. So I go for that thin crisp outside, soft inside. I also, though, use them for Cuban sandwiches. They are perfect for that! Now, remember, I live in a very small town in the Midwest and am making do with what I can get, AND I need to have a carb count on stuff for my husband (in other words, I can find better bread, but no carb count, and bread is the bane of my existence when it comes to that!).
