Mercadona's pan de cristal has become very popular, especially because of its similarity to the famous Andalusian muffins. A thin, crunchy bread with few crumbs, very tasty and in a perfect size for breakfasts or light dinners. The crystal bread can be used to put oil, tomato and ham, for hamburgers, for omelettes, for healthy sandwiches with vegetables, avocado and egg, etc.
A versatile bread that can be bought at almost any Mercadona for 0,35 euros each. Its price, its flavor, its ingredients, its few crumbs and its size, are making it the bread of the moment.
This famous crystal bread that we can easily buy at Mercadona has a history. It was created in Barcelona by Jordi Nomen, a traditional baker who in 2014 made this bread with the idea of subtracting the crumb from the traditional bun, since there are many who remove the crumb because they believe it is fattening, or because they do not like it.
In addition, the crumb or core of the bread tends to absorb all the flavor, which makes it difficult to separate flavors and also increases the size of the bread, so we cannot add many ingredients or our mouth will not be able to cover them all in one bite. .
The perfect bread doesn't exist, does it?
Each of us has his favorite bread, whether or not we are aware that it is healthy bread, or better never eat it again. Many times we have said that the most recommendable thing is bread sourdough or one in which 100% whole ingredients have been used.
The perfect bread does not exist, but to make sure that we buy a healthy bread, it is best to buy the bread in a specialized establishment where we know what it is made of or learn to make bread in an artisan way.
crystal bread It is characterized by having few crumbs and being very crunchy (hence its name) without being hard, for example, the Andalusian scolds that are very tasty but hard crusts.
This type of crystal bread is also known as round crystal pan. The adjective round is used because this roll is similar to ciabattas, that is, it has a crunchy exterior, and a tasty interior with very little crumb.
In Mercadona they sell a round and tasty glass bread, but without being cloying, since it allows the flavors of the filling of the sandwich or hamburger to differentiate, an ideal size for any meal or snack, very crunchy (if we buy it freshly made) and with little crumb as it should be.
Is Mercadona crystal bread a good option?
The Mercadona bakery section is quite extensive and highly admired among customers, as is its pastry, empanadas and cakes section. Regarding the bakery, we can find a multitude of breads, all freshly made and in paper bags (there are also plastic ones).
Specifically, the crystal bread that we see in Mercadona it costs about 0,35 euro cents per unit and if we buy a kilo we will not pay even 5 euros. Each loaf weighs almost 80 grams and we can use it in a multitude of different dishes.
This crystal bread has quite acceptable ingredients, for example, there is olive oil and sourdough. The nutritional table is official and can be found on the Mercadona website:
Although it does not appear in the table, crystal bread has 1,1 grams of dietary fiber per 100 grams of product.
Let's take into account that each loaf of crystal bread weighs about 80 grams, that is, 20% would have to be subtracted from those nutritional values, but it would still be an acceptable option for an average adult who must consume about 2.000 calories a day.
To the values of this bread we must add everything that we are going to add to the bread, be it olive oil, ham, hamburgers, cheese, vegetables, or even chocolate cream with hazelnuts, among other delicious options.