oldcoot
Senior Cook
As I'm sure most of you know, I get a kick out of baking bread.
In the interest of ethnic accuracy - and since the available recipes for specific breads tend to vary greatly - I went to a rather famous (here in L.A.) Italian deli-bakery to look over their bread offerings and see if I coould learn something.
The breads were lovely to look at. No ciabatta or focaccia, darn it! So I bought a loaf labeled "Italian Twist" This was a pretty loaf, made of two rolls of dough entwined, and coated liberally with sesame. I was very surprised at its extremely light weight for a loaf of that size - quite large.
So my lunch today consisted of a half-inch slice, grilled and rubbed with garlic, - a bruschetta - and topped with olive oil, tomato, mozzarewlla, and fresh basil, salt & pepper. I noticed the sandwich was "alright", but not as good as many I've prepared.
hen later I ct a slice of the bread to check it out more critically. Bland! I mean bland to the degree it had almost no flavor at all! Lovely texture - full of holes, light and cottony, wit a soft golden crst. But no flavor!
Darn!
In the interest of ethnic accuracy - and since the available recipes for specific breads tend to vary greatly - I went to a rather famous (here in L.A.) Italian deli-bakery to look over their bread offerings and see if I coould learn something.
The breads were lovely to look at. No ciabatta or focaccia, darn it! So I bought a loaf labeled "Italian Twist" This was a pretty loaf, made of two rolls of dough entwined, and coated liberally with sesame. I was very surprised at its extremely light weight for a loaf of that size - quite large.
So my lunch today consisted of a half-inch slice, grilled and rubbed with garlic, - a bruschetta - and topped with olive oil, tomato, mozzarewlla, and fresh basil, salt & pepper. I noticed the sandwich was "alright", but not as good as many I've prepared.
hen later I ct a slice of the bread to check it out more critically. Bland! I mean bland to the degree it had almost no flavor at all! Lovely texture - full of holes, light and cottony, wit a soft golden crst. But no flavor!
Darn!