Bread Quest: Lard Bread

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Preparation info
  • Makes

    4

    loaves
    • Difficulty

      Medium

Appears in
Bien Cuit: The Art of Bread

By Zachary Golper and Peter Kaminsky

Published 2015

  • About

Also called prosciutto bread, this delicious calorie bomb is a reliable old warhorse at Sicilian-American bakeries all over Brooklyn. I first tasted it when Peter took me to the nearby neighborhood of Carroll Gardens, where Mazzola Bakery has occupied a corner for over eighty years. On Peter’s advice we bought two loaves. “We’re going to devour one on the way home, s