Do you have dry bread left over from breakfast or a barbecue? Instead of throwing it away, make it even better with these great recipes.
Meatloaf, French toast, or bread dumplings wouldn’t taste as good if they were made with fresh rolls. The firmer the baked goods, the better. So, if one end of the baguette is left and dry, use it as inspiration for the menu. It’s still versatile and too good for the trash can. Because it should be entered only when bruised. Then there is no benefit in cutting out only the visible affected part. Then you can’t eat all the bread. However, if it has become hard, it may no longer be suitable as bread and butter, but of course it is still an ingredient for other dishes.
Poor Knights reminds me of childhood
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Stale Bread: A Recipe for Poor Knights
Apparently, the Romans already knew how to cook like a “poor knight”. Beat the milk and eggs and add the pieces of dry white bread to it until saturated with the mixture. Then fry them in a pan and serve them with sugar and cinnamon.
French toast tastes great in the morning
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Perfect for breakfast: French toast made with stale bread
French toast is made on the same principle. The bread doesn’t necessarily have to be old for this, but it doesn’t hurt either. Typical additions to this dish are a sweet and salty combination of fruit and cream or maple syrup and bacon.
Breadcrumbs are easy to make yourself
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Practical: turning stale bread into breadcrumbs
On the other hand, it can only be done with properly dried baked goods – breadcrumbs or crumbs. To do this, stale bread is cut into pieces and ground in a blender or food processor. So stale bread becomes an ingredient in itself, necessary for some dishes: like Wiener Schnitzel. Bread crumbs can keep for several weeks if – in this case – it is stored in an airtight container.
Caesar salad is a perfect summer lunch
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Caesar salad with croutons
Really with croutons: even the classic version of Caesar salad cannot do without stale bread. Without the toast cubes, the texture of the romaine lettuce and parmesan would be missing an ingredient. Other types of salad or soups can also be cooked quickly and easily with croutons: Finely chop dry white bread, season to taste, and fry in oil in a pan or oven.
An Italian feeling at the kitchen table: panzanella
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Italian Bread Salad Recipe: Panzanella
An Italian bread salad called panzanella salad can be prepared with yesterday’s bread in different ways: you can soak its slices in water or fry the cubes in oil in a pan. Then add tomatoes, onions, dill and other fresh ingredients as desired and dress the salad with vinegar and oil.
This is how bread dumplings succeed
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Bread dumplings made from stale bread
As the name suggests, buns are crucial to baking. Therefore, in the southern German homeland of this dish, you can buy a dish called “Knödelbrot” (pellet bread), namely dried, crumbly bread. Parsley and onion are added, egg and milk are mixed and they become traditional dumplings.
Good and hearty: meatloaf is a traditional German dish
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Meatloaf: How to make it with stale bread
If you add minced meat to these ingredients, you’re on to the next recipe: meatloaf. The older and firmer the loaf, the better the consistency. You can get really creative with this dish and try different spices or additional ingredients like sundried tomatoes.
Like meatballs, meatballs, also known as meatballs, meatballs, or meatballs, are even more tender if the ground meat mixture is enriched with soaked bread before frying.
Desserts can also be made from stale bread
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A delicious dessert: Kirschmichel made from a slice of stale white bread
Based on “old bread slices soaked in egg milk” you can make a variety of sweet bread casseroles, called, for example, Kirschmichel (with cherries) or Peer (with apples). Other types of fruits are also suitable for sweets, for example, plums.
Similarly, you can make a delicious bread casserole: alternate layers of bread and vegetables like tomatoes or spinach, brush everything with a mixture of milk, eggs, cheese and spices, then throw it in the oven.
Bread chips are easy to make
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Snack: This is how you make your bread chips
You can also turn stale bread into a meal: cut it into thin slices, pour oil and sprinkle with spices to taste. Spread the slices on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper and bake until they are like bread chips.
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