Bread with Toppings

Hogazas

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Preparation info
  • Serves

    Four

    • Difficulty

      Easy

Appears in
Spain on a Plate

By María José Sevilla

Published 1992

  • About

In Castile, hogaza is a round bread with a hard crust and a spongy texture, and a pincho is a piece of bread with something on top. At the counter of the bar ‘L’Herranz’ on Calle Echegarai in Madrid, you can sample a number of variations inspired by the delicious, famous Catalan pincho, pan amb tomaquet or bread and tomato. My favourite hogazas are ham and tomato, peppers and anchovies, and red peppers with salt cod. The Serrano ham hogaza, better known as