I wound up with an entire loaf of bread and no person to eat it. Usually, I save chunks of stale bread within the freezer for including to gazpacho. Bread emulsifies the olive oil, making a thick and creamy soup. However, it’s many, many months till gazpacho season. Migas, one other good use for stale bread, is de facto meant for a giant household gathering. Not what to cook dinner for one.
Having lately signed on to the Sin Desperdicios (No Waste) motion, I assumed I’d higher give you some good use for this bread. I turned the entire loaf into fried bread crisps that—if I don’t maintain munching on them—will last as long as per week. The crisps are excellent for including to soups, crumbling into salads, or utilizing as dippers. Sprinkled with sugar or drizzled with honey, fried bread makes a satisfying breakfast. You’ll be able to even dunk the crunchy bread into espresso.
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| Thinly sliced bread fried in olive oil makes crispy toasts that can maintain for days. |
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| Fried bread for breakfast, with sugar or honey, fruit and jam. Dunk it within the espresso or scorching chocolate. |
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| Higher than crackers! Serve fried bread with soups of all types. Right here bread crisps are proven with Fish Soup with Bitter Orange (Cachorreñas). Extra about bitter oranges and a recipe for the soup are right here. |
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| Crunchy fried bread goes with salad. |
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| Fried bread is the bottom for store-bought partridge pâté with pickled onions, olives and crimson wine. |
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| Ladle garlic soup over slices of fried bread, prime with a poached egg and strips of ham. Recipe for garlic soup (maimones) is right here. |
Crispy Fried Bread
Pan Frito Crujiente
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| Barra loaf makes 24 slices. |
Make fried bread with any sort or form of bread, sandwich loaf or baguette, a giant, spherical hogaza or a bollo (crusty roll). Lower into cube, fried bread turns into croutons (costrones). In strips, they is perhaps known as picatostes. This model is made with slices, Slice the bread thinly (¼ inch), with or with out crusts. The fried bread will be seasoned with herbs or spices, if desired. Salt or sugar for savory or candy. Additional virgin olive oil is the important ingredient.
24 slices day-old bread
½ to ¾ cup olive oil
Salt (non-compulsory)
Sugar (non-compulsory)
Place oil to a depth of ¼ inch in a skillet. Warmth the oil on medium-high. Add a crust of bread to the pan. When the crust begins to sizzle and brown, the oil is scorching sufficient to fry the slices. Place them within the oil in a single layer and fry till golden-brown on one facet, about 30 seconds. Flip the bread and fry the reverse sides.
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| Fry bread in olive oil. |
Take away the slices with a spatula, letting them drain briefly. Place in paper towels to soak up extra oil. Proceed frying remaining slices, including extra oil as wanted. Sprinkle with salt or mud with sugar whereas nonetheless heat.
When crisps are utterly cool, retailer them in an air-tight container or plastic bag.
Extra methods with fried bread:
