Our UM Table | Capirotada - A traditional Mexican recipe for Lent and, especially, Good Friday

Описание: You don’t hear of many recipes for Lent. Capirotada is a bread pudding eaten in Mexico throughout Lent and especially on Good Friday. Each of the main ingredients is a symbolic reference to the Passion of Christ. United Methodist Bilha Alegria remembers her mother making Capirotada. In this video, Bilha passes the recipe on to her granddaughter Alisha Frazier. This simple recipe could be a fun activity for a youth group or a children’s Sunday School class.
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Capirotada recipe

1 loaf of sliced sandwich bread (18 slices)
18 slices American cheese
1 cup brown sugar or piloncillo
2 cinnamon sticks or 1 T ground cinnamon
6 cloves or ½ tsp ground cloves
1 cup raisins
1 cup pecans
4 ½ cups water

Toast bread slices in an oiled skillet. Arrange 6 slices of bread in a single layer in the bottom of a 9x13 baking dish. Top each piece of bread with a slice of American cheese. Sprinkle pecans and raisins on top of the cheese. Repeat steps, to make three layers

Boil brown sugar or piloncillo, cinnamon and cloves in 4 ½ cups water. Simmer for 15 minutes. If using whole cinnamon and cloves, strain syrup to remove spices.

Pour the syrup evenly over the layered break. Bake at 350° for 20 minutes. Serve warm.

Bilha and her husband Rudy Alegria are members of Brentwood United Methodist Church in Tennessee.

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