Tapalapa Bread, via Wikimedia Commons
Bread
Tapalapa Bread

Tapalapa Bread

Senegal

45Minutes
MediumLevel
6Serves
8Steps
About

The crusty, chewy multigrain baguette of Senegal and the wider Senegambia, blending wheat with millet and corn flour and traditionally baked in a wood-fired mud oven by roadside bakers.

Equipment
  • Large bowl
  • Baking sheet
  • Clean cloth
  • Oven
  • Sharp knife or blade
Ingredients
Bread flour (wheat)3 cups
Millet flour1/2 cup
Corn flour (fine cornmeal)1/2 cup
Instant yeast2 tsp
Salt1 1/2 tsp
Sugar1 tsp
Warm waterabout 1 1/2 cups
Extra cornmeal, for dusting2 tbsp

Report or suggest a fix

Found a wrong ingredient, an unclear step, or something we missed? Tell us — a real person reads every note.