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Any good bread recipes for bruchetta?

egghead2004
egghead2004 Posts: 430
edited November -0001 in EggHead Forum
Did I spell that right? Anyway, I can't seem to find any Itralian or french bread recipes out there. Does anyone have one that I can use to make bread tonight?

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  • yaB
    yaB Posts: 137
    egghead2004,[p]Do a Google search on "italian bread recipe" and you'll have lots of information to sift through. Then Google on "bruschetta recipe" and you'll have yet more info on toppings. If you bake the bread on the Egg, make sure your fire is burning cleanly before putting the loaf in.[p]Bob
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    egghead2004,[p]Bruschetta can be done with many home made breads but if you haven't done it before, I would suggest just plain French bread. Focaccia, pizza, French bread and others are all basically the same recipe for the dough. I usually get two loaves out of the dough it would take for one large pizza. Use your pizza recipe and form the loaves out of this. Bake the bread on the cooker and when it is done, let it cool for about 10 minutes and then slice it in half longways. Cut a garlic clove in half and rub the bread all over with the two halves on one of the half slices. Will take four cloves for the four pieces. Place the halves back on the cooker for grilling. I just pull the baking setup and grill on the standard grid. You just want to toast them a little where they have some nice marks. Take the pieces out of the cooker and hit them again with the garlic cloves. [p]The standard topping for this bread is a little salt and extra virgin olive oil which is just dribbled over the bread. Probably the most widely used in our country is some type of a tomato version. Most of these recipes have some of these ingredients. Tomato, basil, onion, salt, more garlic, balsamic vinegar, and of course the olive oil. [p]For the tomatoes, chop some up fresh or I use Del Monte Petite Cut diced tomatoes with Zesty Jalapenos. Drain as much water as you can off these tomatoes. I usually also press the lid down into the can a little to get some it out but you don't want to make paste out of them. Put this in a bowl. Chop up some fresh basil leaves and put it into the bowl. If you really like garlic like I do, mince 2-3 more cloves of garlic and place in the bowl. Salt it. Mix it up good and then add the olive oil to where after it is mixed, it coats everything in the bowl. I would guess maybe about a 1/8 to 1/4 cup but I don't measure it. [p]After the bread comes out of the grill, clove it again and slop on the sauce. I then cut each half into maybe 2" widths and serve it as an appetizer.[p]Dave

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  • egghead2004
    egghead2004 Posts: 430
    yaB,
    Yup, I'm going to bake it on the egg with a cheesecake. I've been waiting for a long time to try this, finally my wife is going to let me try.
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  • yaB
    yaB Posts: 137
    egghead2004,[p]Cheesecake! That should be interesting. Please post a few words on how it turns out.[p]Good luck,
    Bob
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  • Chef Wil
    Chef Wil Posts: 702
    egghead2004,
    i never did a sweet cheesecake on the egg but I have made a savoury cheesecake and it turned out really good. Cut a wedge and served it on top a Caesar Salad.
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  • QBabe
    QBabe Posts: 2,275
    Chef Wil,[p]A savory cheesecake? Herbs? Chipotle? Do you have a favorite recipe? Sounds wonderful with a nice caesar![p]Tonia
    :~)

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  • Chef Wil
    Chef Wil Posts: 702
    QBabe,
    you can add whichever herbs and flavors you like, the key to success is keeping as much moisture out of the barrer as possible. Crust is made with chpped nuts of your choice and ritz crackers and little butter. I saute'd fine chopped onions in a little olive oil and added garlic and some tarragon with a pinch of dill. Sweat onions so they lose all moisture then start building the cheesecake. Whip 2 lbs. of cream cheese with 1 lb. marscapone until light and fluffy, add 6 egg yolks one at a time, then incorporate the onion mixture or whatever you choose to make the cheesecake. BGE is at 250 degrees and bake for 2.5 hours, cool, slice. Sorry for the short post but I have to head to work, if you need more info, send me an email, about a year ago I had posted a pic of the cheesecake salad.
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  • egghead2004
    egghead2004 Posts: 430
    yaB,
    Looks like this is getting delayed til tomorrow, but I'll take some pictures and post them right about 11am Monday morning...just as everyone starts to get hungry.
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  • egghead2004
    egghead2004 Posts: 430
    Old Dave,
    Thanks, I'll try this tomorrow along with the cheesecake. We're gonna have shrimp scampi for dinner. I've been dying to bake in the egg...FINALLY!!!
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