Sicilian White Bread

Preparation info
  • Yield:

    4

    loaves, 1 pound 6 ounces each
    • Difficulty

      Easy

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By Bo Friberg

Published 1989

  • About

This gluten-rich bread from Italy brings back memories of my first visit to the spectacular island of Sicily. I was in my early twenties and working in the pastry department on board the Swedish American Lines proud ship MS Kungsholm. Having never been to that part of the world before, my palate was unaccustomed to tasting bread without any salt (what I referred to, with the arrogance of youth, as “tasteless bread”). I later learned that the bakers of Sicily have a very good reason f