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Fare La Scarpetta means to wipe your plate clean with a piece of bread.

What else could you ask for?

Showing posts with label Second Street Bakery. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Second Street Bakery. Show all posts

Tuesday, April 16, 2013

Bread Stuffed with Sausage and Cheese



When I was a kid, my father would bring home bread stuffed with cheese and sausage from the Second Street Bakery in Jersey City, New Jersey. It was delicious any way we ate it - room temperature, toasted with the cheese oozing out, or with a pasta dinner to "fare la scarpetta" the sauce. 

With that memory in mind, I prepared Emeril Lagasse's recipe for Spicy Italian Sausage and Cheese Bread. While it was tasty, it wasn't exactly right. I'm not sure what was off, but I do know that I need to eat more stuffed bread in New Jersey to help with this very serious research project.