bread with cider

bread with cider

Appetizers

Delicious traditional Belgian breads, baked in cider, perfect for a delicious appetizer.

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These cider bread are a traditional Belgian specialty. Prepare them using cider must for a unique and delicious flavor.

Ingredients and directions

  • Prep time10 min
  • Cook time45 min
  • Resting4 hr
  • Total4 hr 55 min
  • DifficultyMedium
  • CostBudget
  • Cooking methodfour
  • Estimated cost$8.25 $1.03 / serving Estimated price; varies by store. Converted from euros at the ECB rate of October 7, 2026.

Ingredients

8 people
  • $1.59
  • $2.20
  • $0.31
  • $0.40
  • $1.72
  • $1.75
  • $0.28

Prices from US supermarkets for 4 of 7 ingredients; Belgian prices for the rest.

Directions

  1. Heat a pan in olive oil.
  2. Place the lemon peel in the pot. ≈ 3 min
  3. Please, only take the yellow part, and remove the entire white part of the lemon, as it is bitter. ≈ 3 min
  4. Let the oil paint sit with the lemon peel for a few minutes.
  5. Remove from the heat, let cool, and remove the lemon.
  6. Heat the grape juice to approximately 38 degrees Celsius.
  7. Avoid overheating to prevent the death of yeast bacteria. ≈ 3 min
  8. Dissolve the fresh yeast in the must. ≈ 3 min
  9. lightly beat the 5 eggs ≈ 4 min
  10. In a large bowl, mix the juice with the oil paint (which has already been warmed up).
  11. Add the eggs and continue to mix. ≈ 4 min
  12. Add the sugar to the bowl and mix it into the liquid ingredients. ≈ 3 min
  13. Next, the flour is added gradually, allowing the liquid to absorb it gradually. ≈ 3 min
  14. You will need to add approximately 200-300 grams of extra flour as you knead by hand. ≈ 10 min
  15. Mix by hand, and add the remaining flour. ≈ 4 min
  16. Once the dough is ready, it is shaped into a ball and left to rest in a bowl, with a little flour on the sides, for at least two hours, covered with a dishcloth, in a warm, draft-free place, until it has doubled in size.
  17. After this waiting period, we would lightly dust the work surface with flour, then take the dough and form portions of approximately 80 grams each. ≈ 2 min
  18. Each portion is shaped like a ball, and we place them on a griddle covered with parchment paper. ≈ 3 min
  19. We recover them again using a dishcloth and let them rest for about an hour and a half to allow them to expand further.
  20. Preheat the oven to approximately 200 degrees.
  21. Meanwhile, with the remaining egg, we brush the dough balls onto the plate, making sure they don’t touch each other, and then sprinkle sugar over each ball. ≈ 10 min
  22. Several batches need to be made until the bread is ready. ≈ 3 min
  23. They should be baked for about 15 to 20 minutes at 200 degrees, and they need to be brushed with melted butter.
  24. Once they are ready, we let them cool down to room temperature, outside of the oven.

The bill

bread with cider

  • 160 g of olive oil$1.59
  • 500 ml of red wine$2.20
  • 280 grams of sugar$0.31
  • 50 g of fresh yeast$0.40
  • 1.3 kg of strong flour$1.72
  • 5 eggs and 1 extra egg for coloring the cakes$1.75
  • the skin of a lemon$0.28

Total$8.25

that's $1.03 per person

Estimated price; varies by store.

Before you start

Ingredients

  • 160 g of olive oil
  • 500 ml of red wine
  • 280 grams of sugar
  • 50 g of fresh yeast
  • 1.3 kg of strong flour
  • 5 eggs and 1 extra egg for coloring the cakes
  • the skin of a lemon

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