Pan de Alfacar
Welcome to another step-by-step recipe from BreadClub20 . Why not drop by our main Facebook page by clicking here... . If you like what you see and enjoy the recipe, we hope you join us by 'Liking' and 'Subscribing'. Alfacar Pan de Alfacar is one of Spain's most celebrated artisan breads. Local bakers have made it since the 15th century, when they combined natural spring water with local wheat flour and baked the bread in Moorish ovens fired by local oak. By 1492, after the Reconquista, royal decrees made Alfacar the primary bread supplier for Granada to counter post-war food shortages. By 1950, over 40 ovens produced 7,000 kilograms of bread every night. In 1973, local bakers unified under one protective cooperative. In 2013, the European Union granted Pan de Alfacar Protected Geographical Status (IGP), legally safeguarding traditional preparation methods and geographical boundaries. How close can we get to producing our own Pan de Alfacar? Le...
