Thank you last week's readers for all of your suggestions and support about my bird problem! I have tried the rubber snake and silver to scare away the birds, and I think it is helping, so thank you!
One dish I have discovered to do this with is savory bread pudding. I take about 8 cups worth of bread, dry it out in the oven for about 10 minutes or so, and then beat together 3 eggs and 3 cups of milk. Then I add whatever I have on hand - this time I added thyme from my garden, some bits of bacon, some pieces of onion, and some bits of blue cheese that had been in the fridge for, ahem, a very long time. Here is the result:
I have also been experimenting with sourdough - my first experience was a flop as the bread did not rise at all! I didn't want to just throw away the loaf, so I made french onion soup and used it as a bread bowl.
How do you use up stale or not risen bread?
Very creative use of the breads! Well done ;-)
ReplyDeleteI also make bread pudding but mine is more dessert oriented with cinnamon and nutmeg in it. I've also made homemade croûton's with "old" bread.
ReplyDeleteI'm with Becky on the croûtons, and also love a strata like yours, which is so great for using up leftover bits of sausage, veggies and assorted cheeses. If the dough didn't rise, I'll make a pizza out of it instead of bread, if there's not enough time to proof and add more yeast to try again to get it to rise.
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I't looks great i will be trying this i love a good simple frugal recipe thanks so much for sharing !
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Becky - I've thought about making the dessert type of bread pudding - I will have to try that next time
ReplyDeleteDmarie - I like your idea about pizza dough! Thankfully, I've gotten the knack of making sourdough now, so no more not risen bread
ReplyDeleteA favorite in our family is French toast. It's best made with stale bread. Slice the bread, soak it in eggs mix with a little milk, add some cinnamon and fry it up in a little butter on a griddle. Sprinkle with powered sugar or serve with syrup. If the bread is really stale and hard just soak it a little longer in the eggs! I've never done a savory bread pudding. It sounds yummy!
ReplyDeleteI pop stale bread in the freezer and when I have a fair bit collected whiz it into breadcrumbs in the food processor. I recently made an apple brown betty with some of the crumbs. It was yummy.
ReplyDeletePatti Bee - Thanks for reminding me of French toast! I haven't made that in a while!
ReplyDeleteProvincial Homemaker - Mmmm! Apple Brown Betty is a great idea!
ReplyDeleteGood uses of the bread! I make the heels of the loaves into breadcrumbs and freeze them.
ReplyDeleteOne thing I do is in the summer when I make gazpacho I blend some stale bread into the soup to thicken it a bit. Keeps it from being watery.
ReplyDeleteRose - breadcrumbs are definately good to keep on hand!
ReplyDeleteMary - thats a good idea!
ReplyDeleteBread & butter pudding is a personal favourite of mine (dessert). I use whatever left over bread I have: The end of loaves that no one eats, homemade bread gone stale, left over fruit loaf and hot cross buns...Yum!
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