My mom always made this around holidays or special occasions....


Standard French bread dough being made...

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Pat it out to uniform thickness and add salami and cheese


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Let it rise a bit and add some slits to top and bake....I dont go for perfect shape etc...They do make a form for that though...


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I put egg white on last 5 minutes and that browns a bit....

I took these 3 to jack daniels invitational bbq comp....Very filling snack....


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Did not get sliced pictures...I was more worried about packing...I think you get the idea though....:noidea:
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Here's the recipe that has been tweaked over years...


Makes 2 Loaves...

1/2 cup milk and add cup boiling water..Cool to 85 degree
4 cups flour(1/2 unbleached and 1/2 bread flour)

Add liquid to the 4 cups flour and mix well...Let sit 30 minutes...I learned this trick many moons ago from a master french baker on julia childs show..Called hydrolizing flour...

Stir packet yeast in 2 tablespoons warm water(110 degree)..let sit 10 seconds

Stir yeast in hydrolized dough

Stir in 2 teaspoons salt,sugar

Kneed 3 minutes,cover and let rise roughly 2 hours in warm place

Turn out on board and make 2 equal portions..let sit 15 minutes....

Pat dough out with hands to uniform thickness and fill...I use 4-6 slices of salami and provolone chunked in food processor

Fill dough and roll....Put on greased baking sheet and cut thin slits on diagnol on top...

Let raise/double in warm place(30-45 minutes)

Bake at 400 degree 15 minutes...Use a pie pan with 1/2 inch boiling water in bottom oven for steam..

Reduce heat to 350 degree and bake 30 more minutes
5 minutes before finished add glaze of 1 beaten egg white and 1 tablespoon of water

Simple after a bit of practice....Plenty of down time in recipe to do other things....:)

3 of my favorite foods all rolled into one! Awesome man!

Delbert, that is a great idea and recipe.... Good call!

Re-Loaded now..... :cheers::cheers:

poi-nts

'I have given out to much reputation in the past 24 hours, I will try again later"

Since you have the Silver star shining brightly, how could you have given out too much reputation:noidea: Figured you had unlimited "reputation" to give out.
Alex, that's a meal, not a snack:thumb:

Looks great Alex. I'm sure there are a few recipes out there for French bread, but could you share the one you used on this? That way I KNOW it will taste great.:thumb::thumb:

Wished I had one of them Sunday! That would go great with me Natty's @ Dega Baby! :thumb:

one of my fav loaves to make..............thx!

Looks great Alex. I'm sure there are a few recipes out there for French bread, but could you share the one you used on this? That way I KNOW it will taste great.:thumb::thumb:

I added recipe to bottom of thread todd.....I hate typing and needed a drink first...:nana2:

Customized recipe i use....It works for me,but i am sure other versions exist etc...

I'm pretty sure that anytime you can stuff the salami it is a good thing...just sayin.

Killer looking Bread ALX. That's a real winner! :thumb:

I love that kindda stuff.:thumb:

ALX, this looks awesome bro... gottta try this! thks for shating the recipie and the step by step. you need poi-nts on this but after being gone for a while the points police still on my case... catch ya on the new magizine buddy...:thumb:

Awesome looking snack/meal. I could eat up some of that...

Good looking bread, Alex. I'll give that recipe a try.:thumb:

Those are sure pretty! Yum...

Wow great friggin' snack idea!! Rock on Snack Daddy :thumb: Shoot I can see me smuggling 1 of them into the movie theater, to munch on.
Thanks for the recipe :thumb:

ran out of poi-nts the other day.

These look fantastic. My kind of food :thumb::banana_smiley::thumb:

Definitely going to have to have a go.

That looks like a winner man i want to make those, thanks for sharing!!!poi-nts

:drooling: ......aaannnndddd....bookmarked.... looks good! :thumb:

that & some marinara- whoo-rah.:thumb::thumb:

Dang. You got me drooling Bud...:drooling::drooling: poi-nts to ya...

Hey ALX i copied the ingrediants but i dont see what yeast to get and regular salt and sugar? Im wanting to make this but never made bread and i dont want to screw it up thanks

Hey ALX i copied the ingrediants but i dont see what yeast to get and regular salt and sugar? Im wanting to make this but never made bread and i dont want to screw it up thanks

Sea salt and white cane sugar.....Fleischmann's active dry yeast...

looking gooooood

Well damn now you got me scurred:eek:

Alx,

When you say bread flour do you use an unbleached high gluten flour?

That's what I use when I bake.

I use GOLD MEDAL bread flour....Been around since 1860...Many different ways to skin this cat...I use a weird mix of flours on me pizza crusts too...Personal preference..Not really a on-line recipe etc...

Flour water salt yeast. Lots of ways to put it together

Well damn now you got me scurred:eek:

pandi, don't over think this............make a simple dough and fill it like alex did. this is something after many times you will develope what you like....do you have a mixer? if so i'll give you a standard 2 cup recipe.

I have yet to make bread this style, but its coming when I get settled in.... I hate waiting in line for a FN small loaf of bread......

WHEN COOKED............. Does is act similar to others when freezing?

I would love to hook up a "move cam" if some of me boys can finger it out & my SIL would be fired up..... I gave her some smoked PP to reheat & now she wants to meet said Hero's ...... ALX, Mikey's (2), Richtee, T-H, C-A, etc....:thumb:

way I'd go about this deal.

1) load the bread machine with the french bread recipe from the bread machine book and put on the 'make dough' setting. I always add a couple of vitamin c tablets to my bread mixes - increases the shellife by about a week, no kidding :banana_smiley:
2) wait for an hour and a half (read a book, read some bbq posts, have a beer, walk the dog, etc)
3) tip dough out of pan, shape on baking sheet and fill.
4) leave for another 45 mins
5) cook
6) eat

Okay so I don't get my hands sticky, but hey it's still home made and fresh :-)

This may not be/ prolly not type dough for first time brother....

That's all I had to hear to make me wanna try it:lol: Already had me wanting to try it for my first bread ever(even had it copied and pasted) Now I Gotta try it:banana_smiley::bounce: Nothin teaches better than disaster:lol:
Thanx man:thumb:

pandi, don't over think this............make a simple dough and fill it like alex did. this is something after many times you will develope what you like....do you have a mixer? if so i'll give you a standard 2 cup recipe.

No I dont have anything more than a cheap little mixer like for cakes, I dont have a clue about bread making other than those chef boyardee pizza kits :noidea:

That's all I had to hear to make me wanna try it:lol: Already had me wanting to try it for my first bread ever(even had it copied and pasted) Now I Gotta try it:banana_smiley::bounce: Nothin teaches better than disaster:lol:
Thanx man:thumb:

I hear you its just flour right how bad could it be hhaa

pandi, if ya ain't got no mixer then you can build them guns to look like this after a few loaves.
http://www.popeyefreshfoods.com/images/links_image.jpg

our grannys never had mixers but they seemed to manage to put out some great loaves of bread........well mine just pumped out a few doz and streached tortillas but if theydid it you sure can...............

pandi, if ya ain't got no mixer then you can build them guns to look like this after a few loaves.
http://www.popeyefreshfoods.com/images/links_image.jpg

our grannys never had mixers but they seemed to manage to put out some great loaves of bread........well mine just pumped out a few doz and streached tortillas but if theydid it you sure can...............

ARGGGG ARGGGG ARGGGG GIVE ME ME SPINIGGUH!!!!!! IN LIQUID FORM OF COURSE COOL TREATS:bounce:

Pandi!

I don't know how I missed this one, :drooling: damn, brother! THAT SHAT looks incredible.

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Pandi!

I don't know how I missed this one, :drooling: damn, brother! THAT SHAT looks incredible.

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this wasnt my post it was ALX's I was just asking how to do it

Damn those things look and sound great, like some pepperoni bread got bitched slapped and became a MAN :thumb: :drooling:

Taint seen Alex around and about lately. Maybe busy with gardening and gearing up for this years comps with Black Cat...:noidea:

Hoping to see some more of your smoked goodness and perty plants sometime soon bud :wave: