Left over french bread

Spendless

Out of curiosity did you have all the ingredients in to make it or did you omit or use substitutions? It sounds really nice btw.

room512

Spendless wrote: »

Out of curiosity did you have all the ingredients in to make it or did you omit or use substitutions? It sounds really nice btw.

I had parmesan, cheddar and eggs. I replaced mozzarella with grated mozzarella (as that was what was in the fridge). I replaced the spring onions with shallots and the only thing I had to buy was some soured cream which the local shop didn't sell so I used double cream. I ignored the part of the recipe where it said to top with chives or onion tops.

I also didn't have the right size dish so I put the bread in two layers and that seemed to work.

Thought it was lovely but an expensive way to use up left over bread (if I had to go and buy everything)

Floss

room512 wrote: »

I ended up making the Nigella three cheese and onion strata. It was very nice but next time I would serve it with a salad or baked beans as it was stodgy (we had it on it's own). Thanks for all of the other ideas - I always have left over bread and my freezer is full of breadcrumbs so it's nice to have some other things to try.

room512 wrote: »

...I also didn't have the right size dish so I put the bread in two layers and that seemed to work...

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room512

Floss wrote: »

There may lie your answer to the top highlighted word!

Maybe, but the bread didn't stretch to having two layers across the entire dish so some only had one layer and that was still stodgy. I will make it again but have baked beans or a salad with it.

Ben84

Bread can be revived the next day. Just brush with some water and place in a pre-heated oven for a few minutes. Once you've figured out the time and temperature for your oven, it comes out surprisingly good. I really don't like stale bread, and it does not taste at all old or stale.

You can also stick it in the freezer if you have one and make breadcrumbs another day.

sidefx

room512 wrote: »

I need some help please. I have a cheese topped french stick left over from yesterday that I can't eat today. So tomorrow, I know it will be rock hard and rather than making breadcrumbs I wondered if anyone has any nice recipes that will use it up? I can't make bread pudding as it has cheese on it but I was thinking there might be a savoury bread pudding? I have eggs, cheese, bacon, onions, etc but no milk.

'Left over' freshly baked French bread:eek:

That's a new one on me:o

room512

sidefx wrote: »

'Left over' freshly baked French bread:eek:

That's a new one on me:o

It's because they do four loaves for £1 at Tesco's and as there's only me and my husband it's hard going to eat them all! But it costs 45p a loaf and so four for a £1 is a bargain

pm2326

room512 wrote: »

It's because they do four loaves for £1 at Tesco's and as there's only me and my husband it's hard going to eat them all! But it costs 45p a loaf and so four for a £1 is a bargain

Aaaahh but it's only a bargain if you don't throw any away....could you freeze 2 as soon as you get home from shopping and use at a later date?

room512

I haven't been throwing them away - we usually use them over the weekend having them for breakfast, lunch and tea! Then any left I make breadcrumbs. The freezer is so full I can't get anything else in. That's a whole other thread though ...

Seakay

room512 wrote: »

I ended up making the Nigella three cheese and onion strata. It was very nice but next time I would serve it with a salad or baked beans as it was stodgy (we had it on it's own). Thanks for all of the other ideas - I always have left over bread and my freezer is full of breadcrumbs so it's nice to have some other things to try.

Cheesey bread and butter pudding is delicious with a tomato salad (sliced tomatoes, sprinkle with salt, pepper, dried basil or oregano and just a pinch of sugar {less than the amount of salt you use} if the tomatoes aren't freshly picked out of the garden) and some watercress or rocket.