Best Cuban Bread Quest
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- čas přidán 5. 09. 2024
- Cuban bread....lard, yeast, flour salt and water, 5 ingredients that could change your view on bread forever. We are on the hunt for the best Cuban bakers in the world, starting with the City of Hialeah, where the highest concentration of Cubans living in the US still reside (I know, you thought it was Little Havana, but that's tourist propaganda).
Some folks (ehm, Google) claim that this "bread of all breads" (in our opinion) was first invented in the United States. Truth is there is little information about the history of Cuban people (the majority of our history and culture erased) and our food. We hope to be a part of the preservation of some of our culinary traditions and keep the stories alive.
Crazy fact: Cuban bread is not accessible to Cubans still living in Cuba. The shortage of supplies and resources means the government only serves this staple carb in tourist restaurants. When we visited Cuba some years ago, we treated our relatives to the treat by packing 10 loaves in our carry-on to the confusion of our fellow US passengers in route to the Pearl of the Antilles on vacation. Crazy, huh.
In this episode, we (Gina & Ernie) spend the day trekking our old hometown, Hialeah (agua, pan y factoria), in search of the best Cuban Bread in the city famous for it's endless selection of authentic Cuban fare.
We visited 6 iconic bread makers in the area, which we both know and love:
Sedanos Supermarket on West 68th street (close to Hialeah Gardens)
Vicky Bakery 49th street and East 4th Ave location
The National #2 Supermarket on Palm Ave and 60th Street
El Indio Bakery East 4th Ave and 41st Street
Casa Potin 39th Street and Palm Ave (next to La Tijera)
Tropical Wholesale Bakery on 25th Street & West 1st Ave
We took all the goods home and gave them a review, taste test and score, along with some suggestions on how to make the most of each style of bread to make sure your precious Pan Cubano never goes to waste.
See, some breads are made for snacking, some are perfect with some guava and cream cheese, while others are best suited for tostadas or Cubanos or better yet, torrejas (Cuban version of French Toast)!
If you couldn't tell by this video, we take our bread quite seriously (let me know if you a bread specialized host for your podcast...I half kid. I could talk about bread for hours (this was an editing nightmare, I just went on and on and on about it....poor Ernie. But anyhow, wanna talk more about bread, reach out and let us know, I have a solid two hours of info (maybe I should turn it into a webinar LOL).
Let us know if we missed your favorite baker and we will be sure to check it out.
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6 Hialeah staples, known for years for their traditional approaches to Cuban bread and long standing staples in the community:
The Nationals Supermarket #2: Opens at 6am
5400 Palm Ave, Hialeah, FL 33012
Vicky Bakery: Opens at 6am
www.vickybaker...
445 E 49th St, Hialeah, FL 33013
El Indio Bakery: Opens at 5am
www.indiobakery...
4160 E 4th Ave, Hialeah, FL 33013
Casa Potin: Opens at 4:30am!!!
3984 Palm Ave, Hialeah, FL 33012
Sedanos Supermarket: Opens at 7am
sedanos.com/
2301 W 52nd St, Hialeah, FL 33016
Tropical Wholesale Bakery: Open 24hrs a day!
2460 W 1st Ave, Hialeah, FL 33010
COMING UP SOON: recipes for your leftover Cuban Bread (if you ever actually have any leftover).
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Thank you for this video. I grew up in Hialeah and moved as a kid and you gave me a glimpse back to where I grew up.
Hialeah hometown is special. We both were born and raised there.
I miss this bread cuban bread is the best hands down.
Love it
Thank you! Now, should we try to find the best bread on South Beach?
Thank you for starting in Hialeah. I wholeheartedly believe the best Pan Cubano is in Hialeah.
We agree!!!
This is making me want to take a drive down to Hialeah for Cuban Bread!
Come on over! We'll give you a tour.
Love it, love it, love it!!❤❤❤
Yay!!! Thank you! 💓
Exquisito Cuban Bread 🥖 🔝 Saludos
Is that a place?
Todos me gustan.
Pero no tienes favorito?
Hola mi familia, bendiciones!!!! 😅😌😇 I love this video & thank you 🙏🏽 for starting this awesome adventure. There is so much I would love to talk about & share. Pero, I’m up for the challenge to learn & make you guys the best Cuban bread in the WORLD! 😎🤓
Epa!!! Let us know where you are baking and we'll head over! 😉
Love it!!!.
Yay! Which is your favorite?
Hahaha love the video... The one thing I miss about living in South FL is the food... And certainly the bread... This video takes me back to when I used to walk down to the store in opa locka with my cousin, grab some milk and some bread because my aunt sent us to get it, and we'd eat at least one loaf and drink half the milk before getting back to the house 😅... Then she'd send us again to get more 😂...
Ha! Some bread is just made to be eaten on the way home. Love snacking on pan.
I need smell-o-vision... and I’m going to have to buy some!
Smell o-vision would be dangerous and amazing!
Hello from Battle Creek, Michigan. I am a cuban american who has been living in Battle Creek, Michigan for the past four years. The only thing I miss is Cuban Bread and Pastelitos. Cuban Bread doesn't exist here. You guys are so cute! I enjoyed watching you. However, you didn't get the famous La Segunda Central Bakery in Tampa. They are the original Cuban Bread Makers in Florida. If you do get it, please let me know.
Wow! So many nostalgic moments with bread... I am a mass picker as well. My sisters would get so mad!! Keep the videos coming!
Thank you!!! I would eat allllll the masa til I was elbow deep into the crust. LOL
Man I miss Cuban bread I use to live in Pembroke Pines but now in TX. As a kid I think I remember the bag with the Cuban Flag. Cuban bread with butter so good.
The very best. And pressed then dipped in cafe con leche.
I need to get on y’all’s level! I’ve only tried from Publix and Tropical 🙈
It's a cheap and fun day. Just spent $10 and had food for days! LOL
By the look of the breads, I agree with your scores 😂
I’ll have to say 1st & 4th….I lived a few blocks away on palm Ave. unfortunately when my aboulo found out about the tropica wholesalers….it was a rap 😅😌
Ha! Exactly!
I make Cuban bread at home because I live in DFW and you can't find Cuban bread here. And it's delicious if I do say so myself.
Do you have a video on the best Cuban restaurant in Miami or a recommendation? We missed Cuban food and headed to Hialeah as soon as we came back but ended up in Latin America because it was the most obvious, but I want to go somewhere else before we leave again. Help, please!
No video...yet, but the hunt is on. Our favorite is La Viña on West 4th Ave and 81st Street. Closes at 7pm and on Sundays. Welcome back! Loved watching you and the girls adventure through Yucatan.
@@miamifoodfamily4270 I’m trying it! After your video I want to dunk a tostada in coffee! I appreciate Cuban coffee so much more after 3 months in Mexico lol... pero no encontrado un cafecito cubano con leche de soya 😂🙏🏽.
@@MomonaJourney ah! Soy milk is tough to find sometimes. And you know what...I have't tried it with soy milk but I LOVE it with coconut milk, like a lot!
A simple vista el que mejor textura tiene en suavidad interna y un poquito airado con una capa fina crujente externa es el # 4 pero demasiado largo y no esta cortado por arriba en el medio , el mejor forma por fuera es el # 5.
Si el # 4 tuviera la forma del # 5 seria casi casi perfecto......... El mejor pan que me he comido en Miami fue una panaderia llamada Le Paris .... ese panadero vendio y fue un dasastre lo que se hizo despues y cambio el negocio de nombre........ no se en donde esta ese panadero hoy en dia pero tenia una tecnica excepcional , era el pan perfecto con un sabor increible de suguro hecho con masa madre....... suave interno muy aireado y una capa externa crujiente fina ......... el mejor ! .....Llegar a lograr eso es dificil .
To me...that I live now in Vegas? The best one of all.. is all of them. I would kill to just find a real one!😢
Ha! I bet.
I love Vicky's Bakery & Tropical.Great video.
Thank my friend! It's awesome that you know of Tropical Bakery. It is in the middle of NOWHERE Hialeah.
Pan cubano the best where to get it either Hialeah or little Havana ❤❤❤❤
How about Miami bread man ?
We are starting a list for Part 2. Ernie wants to do a bracket since there are so many options in Hialeah alone.
The BEST Cuban bread is actually from La Segunda In Tampa. They still bake it the traditional way with palm fronds.
We will have to try it one day.
None of these look better than Tampa Cuban bread lol. We got bakeries here that been doing it for 100 years.
We'll have to go to Tampa soon to compare. 😁
You guys need to go to a small market(we called Dominican Market) at 32 Ave NW 87 st Miami 33147 BEST CUBAN BREAD IN MIAMI.
On it! And will post an extension.
I grew up in Miami, and the bread my family would buy, was soft in the middle, but had an almost cracker like crust. Now I'm stuck in the middle of indiana, and I've had to learn how to make it myself. The bread turns out really well, but I can't seem to get that cracker type of crust. Any ideas you could give to help me with this dilemma?
Two things, spray the dough with water and have a sheet pan of water in the oven while baking to create a high humidity environment. Adding sugar to your recipe also helps.
That Cuban bread has to have lard in it! Publix has two Cuban bread recipes the one you see most often outside of the Miami area does not have lard in it so sad! Hard to find outside of Florida especially
LAS UGUNDA BAKERY TAMPA. THE BREAD THAT MADE THE FIRST REAL CUBAN SANDWHICH
My Cuban friends said Publix Bakery makes the best Cuban bread
Publix makes a pretty decent Cuban bread. The places listed are Cuban owned and operated. :) Supporting small business whenever possible.
Is that a Havanese in your photo? We have one too.
You didn’t go to Tampa so this is not best. Miami is big city but that does not change history. Tampa is original and best