Pan de Jamon is a traditional Venezuelan Christmas bread filled with ham and olives. Its robust flavors are a unique tribute to Venezuelan culture.
Gustavo was looking for a way to use up leftover pieces of holiday ham, so he rolled them in a soft and fluffy dough and baked it! The result was a savory, rolled bread that exploded in popularity.
As it grew in popularity, people began to make their own adaptions on the bread, and ham with olives and raisins became the most popular version.
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Less traditional versions had you use ham and cheese. Now, that sounded tasty. But, olives and raisins? It was almost enough to turn us off from the recipe completely.
But, we decided to stick it out. We figured, the Venezuelans must be on to something, if the bread is so wildly popular for the holidays.
Something about the way the sweet raisins and salty olives blend together with the sweet and salty ham makes the flavors in this roll INCREDIBLE.
Venezuelan Ham Bread
The amount of olives is just enough to give a pleasant saltiness to the bread. And then, as you bite into your slice, you are greeted with the familiar flavor of ham with a little extra pump of sweetness from the raisins.
As long as you like olives and raisins on their own (those can be really dividing ingredients for some people), we’re pretty sure you’ll find the flavors of this roll surprisingly wowing.
This bread comes together incredibly easily. The dough is soft and rich. (You can’t go wrong with milk, eggs, and butter!) And, it rises nicely.
Venezuelan Ham Bread (pan De Jamón)
For the filling, you can use any sliced ham you have on hand. We used leftovers from a ham dinner, but deli sliced ham would work as well.
Some recipes will have you soak your raisins, but we chose not to because we wanted those raisins to soak up any excess moisture that was released from the ham and olives while the bread baked. We were very happy with our decision, because the inside filling was perfectly dry and the raisins were nice and plump.
We read that it is traditional to make this bread ahead of time and eat it either slightly warm or chilled. So, we resisted slicing into the (wonderfully fragrant) freshly baked loaf.
Venezuelan Pan De Jamón (ham Bread)
A fresh loaf of bread can be a bit tender, and letting this bread cool almost completely before serving it gives the filling and the roll time to set up.
By the time we sliced it, it sliced beautifully, no tearing or erupting filling pieces, leaving us with perfectly decorated, spiral slices.
Sarah is one of Curious Cuisiniere’s founding duo. Her love for cultural cuisines was instilled early by her French Canadian Grandmother. Her experience in the kitchen and in recipe development comes from years working in professional kitchens. She has traveled extensively and enjoys bringing the flavors of her travels back to create easy-to-make recipes.
Recipe: Pan De Jamón
Venezuelan food is often characterized by a delicious contrast of sweet and salty flavors. The traditional Cachapa is sweet corn pancake served with soft white salty cheese. The signature Venezuelan Pabellón has stewed shredded meat, rice, fried plantains (sweet), rice and black beans, sprinkled with grated hard white cheese (salty). The Christmas Hallaca a is a mixture of beef, chicken, pork, olives, onions and many other ingredients held together by corn dough and wrapped in banana leaves like a Mexican Tamal. It is a delicious, balanced combination of sweet, salty, sour, mildly spicy flavors. The Asado Negro is a beef stew that also has a delicious combination of balanced flavors.
And the list goes on and on.... Many Venezuelan dishes successfully mix these flavors which do not clash but complement each other.
Made this Ham bread for Christmas today to surprise a friend who was from Venezuela. Made as written except I forgot to put the raisins in it. It was great tasting and we all loved it. Next time going to remember to add raisin and also try cheese in it. Thanks!A delicious soft moist bread filled with ham, sweet dried fruits and salty green olives. Venezuela's Christmas Bread or Pan de Jamón Navideño is a unique bread with a unique flavour combination that can be eaten any time of day with hot or cold drinks and as a snack.
Venezuelan Traditional Xmas Ham Bread
Hi, my name is Morella. I'm a foodie, cook, food photographer, and proud Italo - Venezuelan! My recipes are traditional creole cuisine of Venezuela, occasionally fused with traditional flavors of southern Italy.
In a mixer or bowl add the All-Purpose Flour (4 cups) , Free Range Egg (2) , Butter (2 1/2 Tbsp) , Granulated Sugar (1/2 tsp) , Instant Dry Yeast (1 Tbsp) , Salt (1 tsp) and Milk (1 1/4 cups) and mix together kneading until the dough has reached the required consistency.
Once the dough has been kneaded leave to prove in a covered floured bowl for 3 to 4 hours or until it has doubled in size.
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Once the dough has proved remove from the bowl and knead for another 3 minutes in a well floured surface. Extend the dough using a rolling pin until is 1/2 cm thick.
Place a layer of Prosciutto (9 oz) , then a layer of Raisins (1/2 cup) and finish with a layer of the Pitted Green Olives (1 cup) .
Once the dough is fully rolled and a sausage like bread has been created, move it to a baking tray lined with parchment paper.
Pan De Jamón Venezolano (venezuelan Ham Bread)
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Christmas Bread (pan De Jamón)
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