Bread of Christ: see how to make it step by step

Coming from European lands, Pão de Cristo is a traditional recipe and its preparation dates back a long time, since the Christian Era. Thus, it is one of the most consumed breads around the world.

In Brazil, the recipe bread of christ It arrived through the Portuguese. It has a religious significance and is an important food, especially in Minas Gerais cuisine, as they already have a very strong religious tradition.

This bread is often eaten on Sundays and on more celebratory dates, such as Easter.

The secrets of preparing Christ's bread!

Using natural yeast which can only be obtained with someone who already has it. Thus, there is a bait (the yeast itself) where the person must cultivate so that three portions are formed. In fact, the yeast (bait) has a composition of living organisms, multiplying over time.

The person who made the donation keeps one of these portions and has to save the other, making a new preparation which is the third part that must be donated. In this way, when receiving this donation, he will also do the same thing, consecutively.

In this recipe, it takes 3 days for the bread to be ready and to knead the dough. Prayers and requests to Christ are made during the process. Once the bread is ready, store it and consume it for 3 days after making it and finally eat your share and distribute it to your friends.

Understanding why the number 3 is so important to the Christ bread recipe

The Holy Trinity is composed of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit. The three virtues are faith, hope and charity, expected by a good Christian. There were three wise men, Christ was denied by Peter three times. Jesus died on the sixth day, and he was resurrected on the third day.

Furthermore, yeast should not be made during Lent, only after Easter, because the resurrection marks the moment that Jesus consecrates himself as Christ, this bread is for Christ and not for Jesus.

Like all these symbols and rituals, the donation of bread yeast became something like an inheritance, preserving the original recipe.

The representation of bread by Christians symbolizes the Body of Christ, even with all this meaning, there are several superstitions throughout this time.

After all, the person receiving the part of the yeast would never risk losing it, nor would they stop making donations, doing everything they could to pass on the third part.

Among the very religious and devout miners, it would be no different and today, in homes in the backlands of Minas Gerais, the tradition of preparing the Bread of Christ is maintained.

That is why the bread of Christ has become more than just bread eaten with coffee. Symbolizing the belief and preservation of religion, having come from the origins of Christianity, the fact is that it is one of the most secular dishes of the Christian era.

CHRIST'S BREAD RECIPE

Ingredients:

• 1st day (bait)
• Wheat flour – 4 tablespoons
• Water – 1 liter
• Sugar – 4 tablespoons
• Salt – 1 tablespoon
•  2nd day
• Wheat flour until it reaches the right consistency
• Eggs – 4 units, barely beaten
• Sugar – 7 tablespoons
• Oil – 1 cup

Method of preparation:

1st day – Bait:

1. In a bowl, add the water, 4 tablespoons of sugar, 4 tablespoons of wheat flour and salt in the same bowl.
2. Without stirring the ingredients, I leave them covered using a white cloth.

2nd day- Pasta:

1. So, in the morning, stir the bait ingredients using the wooden spoon and cover them again.
2. In the afternoon, divide the liquid into three equal portions.
3. Separate two portions for both partners and with the remaining part add the poorly beaten eggs, 1 cup of oil, 7 tablespoons of sugar and wheat flour.
4. Then start kneading and while you do this, don't forget to pray and ask Christ.
5. Once it is well kneaded, cover it once more using a white cloth.

3rd day – Bread:

1. In the morning, separate a small portion of the dough with your hands, shape it into large, round loaves and knead it lightly.
2. Then place them all on a baking tray that you have previously greased with oil, covering them with a white cloth and leaving them to rest until the afternoon.
3. Bake in a preheated oven at 180ºC until golden brown.
4. If you wish, sprinkle the grated coconut over the surface of the bread and serve with a cup of coffee.
5. However, this bread that Jesus Christ frequently ate is not the version we see today, a fact that helps us understand how things have changed.

The bread of Christ that we consume today is not good for our health at all!

It creates an addiction and, furthermore, since it was created, according to the information, it has never been healthy. However, in other periods it had this aspect of facing up to situating itself in a type of life according to the current reality.

A bread made in other times did not have the amount of gluten that it has, and it is believed that the gluten concentrated in this bread has increased by around 400% in recent years.

It is clear that this could be a serious danger to our health, something like a gluten bomb for our body.

Did you know that gluten harms our body in several ways?

If you didn't know, then you should know that in our intestine, this gluten has a function that forms something like a glue that fixes itself to the intestinal walls.

The “glue” gradually causes saturation in this organ and interferes with digestion.

In addition, it causes mild inflammation, hypersensitivity, and changes in our metabolism, largely because gluten stimulates the insulin-glycemic system, bringing with it other damage, such as:

• Accumulation of abdominal fat
• Joint pain
• Allergies
• Headaches
• Bad mood and irritability
• Feeling unwell

Anyway, even with all this information, Christ's bread is still a very present recipe!