Snack · 80 min · portuguese

Bolo do Caco

This is the kind of Portuguese snack you’ll make on repeat — sweet potato and all-purpose flour, 80 minutes, big payoff. The macros do the talking: 7g protein, 58g carbs, and 4g fat in every 305-calorie serving. No specialty equipment and nothing hard to find at a regular grocery store.

✓ USDA-verified nutrition data

Ingredients

• 1 lb Sweet potato
• 4 cups All-purpose flour
• 2 tsp Active dry yeast
• 3/4 cup Water
• 2 tbsp Olive oil
• 4 cloves Garlic
• 2 tbsp Parsley

Steps

1. Roast the sweet potato until completely soft; mash smooth and cool to lukewarm.
2. Mix with flour, bloomed yeast, water, and salt into a soft dough; rise 1 hour.
3. Divide into 8 rounds and flatten into thick discs.
4. Cook on a hot dry griddle — the traditional caco tile — 5 minutes per side until puffed and charred in spots.
5. Split while hot and fill with garlic butter and parsley.
6. Serve warm; the sweet potato keeps the crumb impossibly tender.

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