605. Pane Bolognese

Bolognese Sweet Bread

Preparation info
    • Difficulty

      Easy

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By Pellegrino Artusi

Published 1998

  • About

This is a sweet bread that will do honor to classic Bolognese cooking because it’s tasty eaten by itself, and can also be served for dunking in any liquid.

Ingredients

  • 500 grams (about 1 pound) of flour
  • 180 grams (about 6-⅓

Method

Mix the sugar with the flour and form a mound on the pastry board. Make a hole in the middle of the mound, where you will put the butter, eggs, and milk; the milk should be lukewarm, mixed with the cream of tartar and baking soda, which you’ll see will have already begun to ferment. Knead it all together, and when the dough is thoroughly mixed, open it and add the pine nuts, candied citron, and