Name: Rolled Italian Potato Bread
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: Italian
Ingredients: 25 g (1 oz) fresh yeast; 150 g (5 oz) mashed potato (made without any butter, milk or cream); 1 teaspoon salt; 400 g (14 oz) strong white flour; 350 ml (12 fl oz) lukewarm water; 250 g (9 oz) cooked new potatoes, sliced; 4 tablespoons olive oil; 10 basil leaves; 150 g (5 oz) mozzarella cheese, diced; 150 g (5 oz) thinly sliced prosciutto; Coarse salt and freshly ground black pepper

Preparation info

Serves
4

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

A Passion for Potatoes

By Paul Gayler

Published 2010

About

This stuffed bread is packed full of sunny Italian flavours. It makes great picnic food Left unrolled, it can be cooked like a pizza.

Ingredients

25 g (1 oz) fresh yeast
350 ml (12

Method

Mix the yeast with the warm water. Sift the flour and salt into a bowl and stir in the mashed potato. Make a well in the centre, add the yeast liquid and mix to make a fairly soft dough. Turn out onto a floured surface and knead for about 10 minutes, until smooth and pliable.

Place in a clean bowl, cover with a cloth and leave in a warm place for 1-1½ hours, until doubled in size.