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70g/2½oz stale bread, torn into chunks
2 slices serrano ham, shredded (even better would be 1 thick slice serrano or iberico ham, cubed
½ cucumber, finely diced ...

 


For instance stale bread, provided it isn't moldy, may be safe to consume. If you've ever opened a package of graham crackers, you know that an open package means the crackers will be soft within a few hours.

Stale bread is a frequent ingredient in Tuscan recipes, soaked in milk or water and then squeezed dry. Courgettes (G.B.) Zucchini.

Unlike the bread puddings of today where breads are sometimes made specifically for making the puddings, it was once made as a way to use up any stale bread that was hanging about.

A classic Italian salad made with dry or stale bread that has been moistened, as a key ingredient of this salad.

Its made from minced port, stale bread, onion and sage. The mixture is wrapped in caul fat (which maybe where the idea its made from offal comes from)and then baked. So far as I know or can tell that's the way its always been made.

Raspings - very finely grated stale bread.
Ratatouille - a southern French dish of vegetables cooked together.

1 lb ground meat 1 slice stale bread 1 small onion, finely-grated 2 tablespoons chopped Feta cheese 2 tablespoons bread crumbs 2 tablespoons oil or melted butter 1 tablespoon chopped parsley Salt Pepper Mint Oregano 1 cup flour 1 cup oil (olive ...

2 dessert apples
115g slightly stale bread slices, crusts removed
15g butter
75g granulated sugar
2 beaten eggs
orange peel, cut into thin 'sticks'
300ml single cream
2 tablespoons white wine of your choice ...

Italian cooks waste nothing and this was a way to utilize stale bread and vegetables from the garden. The record of panzanella goes back centuries. In the 1500s, a poem by the famous artist, Bronzino, described the salad.

And I just recently discovered a soup recipe for stale bread called Panne di Pomodori -- basic tomato basil soup with stale bread tossed into soak up the flavors.

It entails soaking a small quantity of stale bread in water, squeezing it dry, and allowing it to ferment overnight at room temperature. It is then added at 25 percent the weight of the total flour in the bread, but the percentage can be much higher.

A warm creamy dish made of cheese, eggs, wine, brandy and or other items. Served warm with toasted bread cubes, vegetables or stale bread cubes in which the bread is skewered and then dipped in the hot creamy mixture before eating it.
Fricassee ...

" (1) It is the French culinary name for round or oval pieces of stale bread fried in butter (or any other fat).

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1/2-lb. Virginia ham, diced
8 C. stale bread, cut in 1/2-in. cubes
1 C. chopped Italian parsley
3 large eggs, beaten
2 t. coarse salt
2 t. coarse black pepper
2 oz. Amaretto
1 C. turkey stock ...

They should not be used interchangeably. Fresh crumbs can be made in a food processor or blender/ Dried bread crumbs are lightly browned and may be plain or flavored. They can be bought or made from good quality stale bread. Bread Flour ...

Use stale bread for dry bread crumbs and fresh bread for soft bread crumbs. Add pieces through the feeder cap while the motor is running.

See also: Bread, Stale, Cooking, Milk, Butter

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