Bread: February 2009 Archives

Thanks for the great response to the bread recipe. It really is a quick, versatile, foolproof bread anyone can make with out much effort and no skill.

I have tried another twist to the recipe that I think you will find a wonderful change.

Costco sells a "Rustic Tuscan Seasoning" that is really quite good. It is a blend of garlic, sea salt, rosemary, basil, black pepper, oregano, hot red peper flakes, red and greed bell pepper, lemon zest, onion and who knows what else. It is recommended for meats seasoning but it smells so good I was thinking yesterday about a bread that tasted as good as the seasoning smelled.

I whipped up a batch of bread but as the dough mixer was slowing bringing it to a ball I dumped in about 2 - 3 tbsp of the tuscan seasoning.

If nothing else the dough looked fabulous.

I set it to rise then formed the loaves for the second rise. When I rolled out the dough before rolling into a loaf I loaded it down with a heavy dowsing of parmesain cheese.

Well, long story short - it was so good I don't have a photo of the bread. It's all gone. Momma took the 2nd loaf to go home with her. I think she and her husband have plans for a spaghetti dinner with the bread as a feature player on the table.