Santa Maria Brandy Biscuits — Formula Published in 2012
This is the Santa Maria formula published by the Santa Maria Açores portal in 2012: one kilogram of flour, twelve eggs, small amounts of sugar, butter and lard, and a generously filled glass of brandy, kneaded without water and immediately baked in a very hot oven. DGADR independently confirms the same ingredients, waterless kneading, no rest, ring shape and fierce oven. The source defines neither glass capacity, yield, temperature nor baking time.
- Yields
- Yield not stated
- Prep
- Not stated; the dough is not rested
- Cook
- Very hot bread-baking oven; temperature and duration not stated
Ingredients
- 1 kg / 2 lb 3.3 oz Wheat flour
- 12 Eggs
- 1 tbsp Sugar
- 1 pinch Salt
- 1 tbsp Butter for the dough
- 1 tbsp Lard for the dough
- 1 generously filled small glass; capacity not stated Brandy
- Quantity not stated by the official record Additional butter for greasing hands, bowl and trays
- Quantity not stated Flour for dusting the trays in the 2012 recipe
Method
Prepare a very hot oven comparable to one used for bread. The sources publish no temperature, preheating time or baking duration.
Grease your hands and mixing bowl with butter as directed by the DGADR record. The additional butter is not quantified.
Combine 1 kg flour, twelve eggs, one tablespoon sugar, one pinch salt, one tablespoon butter, one tablespoon lard and one generously filled small glass of brandy. Add no water.
Knead thoroughly until the dough shows the honeycomb-like structure described by the recipe. The source does not translate that stage into a duration or measurable test.
Without resting the dough, take small portions, stretch them and join the ends into rings. Biscuit size and count are not stated.
Arrange the rings well apart on prepared trays. The 2012 recipe specifies flour-dusted trays, while DGADR describes trays greased with butter.
Bake immediately in the very hot oven until cooked. Neither source publishes a duration, internal temperature or final visual cue.
Sources for this recipe
The quantities and method were checked against the references below. Family recipes may vary; where no single official formula exists, we present a representative practical version and say so plainly.
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