Birote (Guadalajaran Sourdough Bread)
I find nothing more satisfying than recreating the unique breads of Latin America in my own kitchen. I especially love when the bread is meant to be stuffed with savory fillings and drowned in spicy salsa—in Mexico, the torta ahogada is just that. Birote (pronounced bee-row-teh) is a crunchy, darkly baked sourdough bread said to have a flavor unique to the environment of Guadalajara, but if you grab your favorite beer and some limes, you’ll come pretty close!
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Reprinted with permission from New World Sourdough by Bryan Ford, © 2020 Quarto Publishing Group USA Inc. Text © 2020 Bryan Ford. Photography: Stephanie Lynn Warga