Llonguet
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History

The llonguet is Palma's own bread, an oval white roll with a deep score down the centre that opens as it bakes. Bakeries across the city sell it plain by the piece, and bars split it for a quick filled roll: Mahón cheese, cured ham, sobrassada, always with grated tomato and olive oil. Can Trispol in Sa Gerreria built a whole menu on it, running seven or eight fillings, and the roll is on the counter at Forn Fondo from eight in the morning.

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Common allergens: Gluten

Make it at home

Yield Makes 8 rollsHands-on 30 minTotal 3 hrDifficulty Intermediate

Ingredients

  • 500g strong white flour
  • 300ml water
  • 10g fresh yeast
  • 10g salt
  • 10ml olive oil

Method

  1. Dissolve the yeast in the water, then mix with the flour, salt and olive oil to a firm dough.
  2. Knead for 10 minutes until smooth, then prove covered for 90 minutes.
  3. Divide into 8 pieces, shape each into a tight oval and rest for 15 minutes.
  4. Score a deep line lengthways down each roll with a sharp blade, pressing almost to the base.
  5. Prove for a further 45 minutes on a lined tray.
  6. Bake at 230C with steam for 15 to 18 minutes until pale gold and hollow-sounding.
  7. Cool, split, rub with tomato, dress with olive oil and fill.

Tip from the editors. Score deeper than feels sensible. A shallow cut closes in the oven and you lose the split.

Where to eat llonguet

Llonguet in Palma

Can Trispol ★ 4.4

€€ SandwichSa Gerreria

Can Trispol builds llonguets, the split Mallorcan roll, in a back street of Sa Gerreria in Palma, with seven or eight fillings and island wine by the glass.

OrderA llonguet with sobrassada, the most Mallorcan of the seven or eight fillings.

Why locals goBuried on a Sa Gerreria side street with a handful of tables, and it opens on a short, shifting weekly schedule.

TipThe room is tiny and the schedule moves with the season. Call ahead rather than turning up on spec.

Directions

Forn Fondo ★ 4.6

€ BakeryCasco Antiguo

Forn Fondo has baked on Carrer de la Unió in Palma since 1911, now run by the fourth generation of the Llull family behind a Modernista shopfront.

OrderA plain ensaïmada, the benchmark against which the filled ones are judged.

TipBreakfast here costs about €4 with a coffee, which undercuts every café on the Born.

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