Our best recipes for stale bread will make you everything from crunchy croutons and crispy pita chips to French toast and a panzanella salad for the delicious Tuscan-style bread and tomato salad. If you’re like us and towards the end of the week have slightly stale bread, in our cases, sourdough ends, then try our … Read more
This quick and easy French toast recipe makes old-fashioned French toast – stale bread dipped into whisked eggs and fried in butter until golden brown. We serve it with a berry sauce, made in minutes with fresh or frozen berries and jam, dollops of cream or sour cream, and sifted icing sugar. It makes a … Read more
This Basque garlic soup recipe makes a gently spiced bread and egg drop soup that’s deliciously rich and hearty. The creamy texture comes courtesy of whisked eggs drizzled into the broth and the deep flavours are thanks to generous amounts of garlic, paprika and sherry vinegar. Ground chillies give the warming soup an extra kick … Read more
How to bake a perfect sourdough loaf is something I’ve been thinking about a lot recently: what is my idea of a perfect sourdough loaf. Well, I’ve finally been baking it, many bakes in a row, week after week. I want to share my quest for the perfect sourdough loaf and perfect sourdough crumb, and … Read more
This easy panzanella salad recipe makes the delicious Tuscan style bread and tomato salad that tastes of summer in Italy. A bread salad with onions and cucumbers before tomatoes arrived in Italy, it makes use of stale bread, the hallmark of povera cucina, the no-waste cooking of the countryside. A traditional recipe, it’s versatile – … Read more