Recipes · Israeli · Bread

Kubaneh (Yemeni Sweet Pull-Apart Bread)

One serving has 521 kcal and 11 g protein, and at least a fifth of a woman's daily need of thiamin (80%), selenium (62%), riboflavin (51%), folate (51%), niacin (42%) and manganese (34%). Ready in 580 minutes.

Kubaneh (Yemeni Sweet Pull-Apart Bread)
Photo: Davidbena, CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
  • Preparation: 40 min
  • Cooking: 540 min
  • Makes: 1 serving (171 g)
  • Difficulty: Medium
  • Diets: Vegetarian
  • Contains: dairy, egg, gluten

Ingredients

  • 90 g Flour, all-purpose
  • 20 g Butter, unsalted
  • 8 g Sugar
  • 10 g Eggs, whole, raw
  • 1.5 g Yeast, active dry
  • 1 g Salt
  • 40 g Water

Method

  1. Whisk the yeast into the warm water with a pinch of the sugar and let stand 10 minutes until foamy.
  2. Mix in the flour, remaining sugar, salt and egg, and knead for 8-10 minutes into a smooth, soft dough; cover and let rise for 1 hour.
  3. Divide the dough into balls, flatten each thin, brush generously with the melted butter, then stack and layer them into a small round pot or pan, brushing more butter between the layers.
  4. Cover tightly and let rise again for 30 minutes.
  5. Bake, covered, at a low 130 °C (265 °F) for 1 hour, then reduce to 100 °C (212 °F) and continue baking, still covered, for 7-8 hours, traditionally overnight, until deeply golden and pull-apart soft.
  6. Turn out and pull apart into buttery layers to serve, traditionally for a leisurely Shabbat breakfast.

Nutrition per serving

NutrientPer servingShare of a day's need
Energy521 kcal25%
Carbohydrates77.4 g
Water61.6 mL
Fiber2.8 g10%
Protein11.3 g24%
Tryptophan0.14 g
Threonine0.35 g
Isoleucine0.43 g
Leucine0.81 g
Lysine0.36 g
Methionine0.22 g
Cystine0.23 g
Phenylalanine0.57 g
Tyrosine0.36 g
Valine0.51 g
Histidine0.26 g
Fat18.2 g
Monounsaturated5.2 g
Polyunsaturated1.2 g
Docosahexaenoic Acid (DHA)0.01 g
Eicosapentaenoic Acid (EPA)0 g
Omega-60.87 g
Saturated10.6 g
Trans-Fats0 g
Cholesterol80.2 mg
Calcium25.9 mg3%
Copper0.15 mg17%
Iron4.4 mg24%
Magnesium22.6 mg7%
Manganese0.62 mg34%
Phosphorus131 mg19%
Potassium129 mg3%
Selenium34 µg62%
Sodium408 mg
Zinc0.9 mg11%
Thiamin (vitamin B1)0.88 mg80%
Riboflavin (vitamin B2)0.56 mg51%
Niacin (vitamin B3)5.9 mg42%
Pantothenic acid (vitamin B5)0.77 mg15%
Pyridoxine (vitamin B6)0.08 mg6%
Folate (vitamin B9)205 µg51%
Cobalamin (vitamin B12)0.12 µg5%
Choline33.6 mg8%
Vitamin A153 µg22%
Vitamin C0 mg0%
Vitamin D (D2 + D3)8.2 IU1%
Vitamin E0.78 mg5%
Vitamin K1.7 µg2%

Shares of a day's need are for a woman of 30, 165 cm, 60 kg, lightly active, by the US and Canadian Dietary Reference Intakes. SustainBite works out each person's own needs, by the standard where they live: the Nordic Nutrition Recommendations in Norway, the UK's, EFSA's in the EU.

Climate footprint

0.3 kg CO2e a serving: about average for breakfasts, sides, desserts and drinks on SustainBite. Source: ADEME, Agribalyse 3.2.

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