This type of roll was popularized by Italian American immigrants, who filled them with Italian-style cured meats, cheese and pickled vegetable antipasti (like giardinera). The original “Italian” sub inspired many variations that are now famous in their own right, like the Philly Cheesesteak (recipe below!). These rolls contain just enough oil and sugar to make the crust thinner and softer than a baguette or other “straight’ dough (dough without sugar or oil), but not as soft as a hamburger bun or sandwich loaf. They freeze well, so go ahead and make big batch to keep on hand for when you need a quick sandwich fix
Category: Baking
French bread is the ultimate juxtaposition of refinement and simplicity – just fresh ground flour, water, salt, and yeast. This recipe yields a moist, supple crumb and crackling, caramelized crust. While making bread can challenge home bakers to no end (part of the fun!), the purpose of our “cool control” technique is to eliminate heartbreak and make your baking endeavors easy and delicious.
Before developing my recipe and process for making bagels at my bakery, I toured the famous bagel houses of New York and Montreal, each with their own unique style. This recipe is akin to the New York style, with a dense, chewy crumb and toothsome crust.
This is my favorite way to make pita bread. Pure, fresh-milled, Ancient einkorn wheat makes a fine, soft, golden yellow flour. While the dough is a little more tender and sticky than a modern wheat dough, making it a bit harder to handle, it’s incredible flavor and soft texture is well worth the extra effort. Einkorn pitas are a delicious plain, with hummus, yogurt, or as base for gyros and other wrap sandwiches.
Known as gua bao in their home country, these delectable Chinese buns are super easy to make, and even easier to eat! Traditional Chinese filling include braised pork belly, thinly sliced vegetables, pickled mustard greens and chopped peanuts, but you can fill them with almost and combo of meat and veggies you can dream up. The cabbage used to line the steamer basket also makes for a sweet, tender addition.
Pierced through its soft center and filled with extravagant quantities of whipped cream, then lavished with fresh fruit, shaved chocolate, pistachios and other myriad toppings, it’s no wonder Maritozzi became a symbol of romantic desire.
Biscuits – from the Latin biscoctus, meaning “twice-cooked”– go back at least as far as the 1500s. The first biscuits were made from three basic ingredients – flour, water and salt – and cooked until they were hard, dry and tasteless. These compact bricks of bread, which the British called hardtack, were given as rations to soldiers and sailors because they could travel the world without spoiling.