Crescia Bread
Here is a recipe given to me from a friend that makes this every Easter, I love it and bake it more than just Easter. This is a bread from the La Marche region of Italy
Crescia Bread Recipe
5 Cups of flour
2 Cups of grated Locatelli Cheese
6 Eggs
1 tbls. Salt
2 tsp. Pepper
1 large cake of Yeast
1 Cup of melted Butter
½ tsp. fresh Nutmeg
1 Cup of Warm Milk
1 tbls. Sugar
Combine Flour, Cheese, Salt, Pepper and Nutmeg in large bowl
Beat Eggs, then add melted Butter and add to dry ingredients.
Mix well.
Dissolve Yeast in warm Milk and Sugar, and then stir into Egg mixture.
Knead as for bread.
Let rise to double in bulk.
Make loaves and let rise again.
Bake at 325 degrees for 1 hour.
Yields 4 loaves.