(First, sorry for the lousy photos – I’ve been having lighting issues.)
Take a rich buttery brioche, and add bacon and cheese to it. Then thank the Italians for this marvelous creation that they call Casatiello.
Now, how does this fit into my Frugal Fridays theme of using everything on hand to make something and not let food go to waste? I’m glad you asked, because I had a hunk of frozen provolone in the freezer, along with some bacon and . . . Morningstar Farms soy bacon. Yep, you read that correctly.
And the result? Delicious, fragrant, buttery, tender. Even after a few days the bread was great toasted, and excellent for sandwiches. We are still eating it because this bread is huge – almost as big as the Artos bread I made a few weeks ago.
You can find a list of those participating, here, and you can find the recipe for Casatiello here. Be sure check out Susan’s bread baking roundup every Friday: Yeastspotting.
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Your casatiello is great.
I also loved this bread.
Nice baking along with you,
Susie
Wow, I love your shape. It is marvelously wonderful bread isn’t it. I’m shame faced to admit it was my breakfast toast and my lunch sandwich yesterday and today 😉
That is a beauty. If I made that I would tour the U.S. with it showing it off! That is amazing!
Looks good! And great way to get some stuff out of the freezer. =) Ours was quite tasty, so being of sound mind, I baked some of it in individual portions to make it easy to give away.
We loved the casatiello (I love that I don’t hesistate the spelling of it anymore too!). Your loaf looks great!