Belgian-Style Breakfast Bread
Ingredients
1 loaf French bread or Italian bread (or 2 smaller loaves)
1/3 cup unsalted butter, at room temperature (Earth Balance (soy butter))
1/4 cup goat cheese or cream cheese
2 tsp finely chopped minced garlic (optional)
2 tbsp Fines Herbs(optional)
1 pinch salt (optional)
1 pinch freshly ground black pepper (optional)
3 slices of cured meat (such as ham)
poached or hard boiled eggs (optional)
A drizzle of Local Honey(optional)
Fresh Fruit (optional)
Your favorite Jam (optional)
Preparation
1
Preheat oven to 375 degrees F. Slice the bread 1" thick but do not cut all the way through the bottom of the loaf.
2
For savory breads; mix together the butter, garlic, Fines Herbs, salt, and pepper well. Spread approximately 1 to 2 tsp of the garlic mixture in between each cut.
3
If you want to stay away from those savory flavors completely, butter between each cut.
4
Wrap the bread in aluminum foil and bake about 10 minutes.
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About
This recipe can be both savory and or sweet. That morning we tried it with an egg, a slice of ham, dollop of goat cheese, on it's own and topped with honey and berries. It was a perfect feast, seductive and satisfying in it's simplicity.
Added:
Saturday, February 8, 2014 - 8:07am
