Coca de Sant Joan

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Fruit Coca de Sant Joan

Spanish Coca De Sant Joan Recipe In 5 Easy Steps

BAKER'S COCA BREAD RECIPE

June 24th is Saint John’s day, and in Catalonia people celebrate it with a big fireworks festival the evening before. Locals get together to make bonfires, see the fireworks, toast with cava and… eat coca bread! It’s easy to buy it in any local bakery or cake shop, but you can also make it at home. Today we are telling you how.

This the traditional Catalan coca cake recipe:

1

Prepare the sourdough starter

Make it the day before, diluting the 2 tablespoons of leavening in 3.5 milk tablespoons, then adding 5 tablespoons of flour little by little until the dough is consistent.

Keep it in a bowl, covered with film. Once it doubles its size, put it in the fridge until tomorrow, but make sure to remove it from the fridge early, so it’s room temperature when you start making the dough. So follow me today discovering Barcelona evening activities and what attractions are open at night in the Summer.

2

Prepare the dough

Mix all ingredients (see below for the list) in a bowl and mix them until it becomes an elastic dough. Then, add the sourdough starter and mix again until it’s homogeneous and elastic.

3

Let it sit

Put your dough over a wooden counter coated with flour, cover with a clean linen and let it sit for 2 hours or until it doubles volume.

Coca de Sant joan with pine nuts

4

Prepare the coca cake

Using your hands or a rolling pin, stretch it to an oval shape, an move onto an oven tray coated in butter. Let it sit for 2 hours more, then paint with egg yolk and add the toppings (candy fruit, pine nuts or custard).

5

Bake

Bake in the oven at 200º C (390º F) for 15 minutes. Let it cool before serving: it must be room temperature.

And here is the list of ingredients:

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INGREDIENTS FOR THE COCA BREAD DOUGH:

  • 1.5 cups of flour
  • 0.5 cups of sugar
  • 1 cup of milk
  • 2 eggs
  • Vanilla
  • Lemon or orange zest
  • 1 tablespoon of corn flour
  • 5 tablespoons of butter
  • Pinch of salt

TO DECORATE YOUR COCA DE SANT JOAN:

  • Candy fruit, sliced (orange, cherries, pinapple…)
  • Some pine nuts
  • 1 egg yolk
BTW, remember than in this other post we tell you more about how to celebrate Saint John’s Eve besides eating coca cake.

Have you ever tried Coca de Sant Joan? Did you like it?

Marta

Author Marta Laurent Veciana

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Marta is the founder of ForeverBarcelona. She is a passionate tour guide that loves Barcelona and loves writing too. She is the main author of our Blog, and is committed to sharing her knowledge about Barcelona and her best tips with our readers.

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