¡Hoy es miércoles melado! (Today is honey-colored Wednesday!)
La fecha es el doce (12) de agosto del año dos mil veintiséis. (The date is August 12, 2026.)
El postre de la semana es: bocado de reina. (The dessert of the week is: bocado de reina.)
Bocado de reina (which translates to “bite of a queen”) is a Guatemalan bread pudding traditionally prepared with leftover French bread or sweet bread and features cinnamon and raisins.
Para preparar el bocado de reina necesitamos: (To prepare bocado de reina, we need:)
| pan francés dulce | (sweet French bread) |
| huevos | (eggs) |
| azúcar morena | (brown sugar) |
| leche entera | (whole milk) |
| vainilla | (vanilla) |
| polvo de hornear | (baking powder) |
| canela en polvo | (cinnamon powder) |
| sal | (salt) |
| leche evaporada | (evaporated milk) |
| margarina | (margarine) |
| nueces | (walnuts) |
| pasas | (raisins) |
Watch how to turn your stale bread into sumptuous bocado de reina in this one-and-a-half-minute video receta (recipe). Qué dulce! (How sweet!)
¡Que tengas un miércoles amaestrado! (May you have a well-educated Wednesday!)
L. A. Feliz