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chopsim
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Just bought some focaccia bread with cheese and red onion from Morrissons. 80p for a piece about half the size of 15." laptop.
Couldn't resist tasting it. Now i've eaten half of it already.
I've never had it before.
Anyone else like it or any other suggestions for Italian style bread?
Couldn't resist tasting it. Now i've eaten half of it already.
I've never had it before.
Anyone else like it or any other suggestions for Italian style bread?
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Get yer tin hats on everyone!
Incoming!!
:o:o
I was going to add in my opening post when I asked for suggestions, "not including making it yourself."
But I thought, no.:).
Being a superior human being to most of you people on here, I always make my own.
But just in case anyone else is interested in crawling out of the primordial soup and making their own Italian-style breads too... Lidl did an "Italian week" last week, with plenty of items still available on the shelves. They do 100g sachets of dried tomatoes (which I much prefer to the jars of dried tomatoes soaking in vegetable oil) for £1.79 and 700g jars of green olives for £1.59.
I use these in focaccia breads and they're really lovely. Equivalent products in Tesco and Asda cost a hell of a lot more. The tomatoes are easy but unfortunately the olives have pips and because they're quite good, they can be a hassle to remove.
But focaccia with chunks of olive and sun dried tomatoes is absolutely delicious, especially with a good lasagne — home made from scratch, naturally. I'm reliably informed by those in-the-know that you can now buy lasagnes pre-manufactured by Super Markets, but I find the idea rather gauche...
I wanted to say its an easy introduction to making bread
Not when you mention "making your own"!
What sort of a house are you keeping!!
So it takes out the step of making the dough but are free to add your own toppings then bake it yourself.
It is one of easiest breads to make imo. I gently heat up garlic, thyme, rosemary in some EVOO then add it to the dough mix. Makes for a very nice flavour.
Yes, that can 'disappear' in seconds in my house...