Bread Machine

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Why I love my bread machine

I love the tranquility of our villa, but living away from shops and malls means that I need to use the car to go anywhere. It can be time-consuming if it is only to buy bread or croissants.

So here are the 3 reasons I cannot do without my bread machine:

1. Time saver: In a busy and/or raining day, it is faster to put some flour and yeast in the machine instead of venturing to the nearest bakery. It cannot replace the fresh baguette, but it is a good backup to have.
2. Timer for night baking: For a special morning, if guests are in the house, it is quick to put ingredients in the bread machine the night before, put on the timer and wake-up next morning with the fragrance of a freshly baked brioche.
3. Fresh dough: My most regular use of the bread machine is the making of fresh yeast dough which is the base for many delicious treats. You just add the ingredients as indicated on the recipes and will have your fresh dough in 1.5 hours. As it regulates the temperature, the dough comes out perfect each time. My most popular recipe is my homemade pizza, it is so easy and successful that it has become one of the most popular meals for the children’s friends, but not only!

Which bread machine

When you buy a bread machine, these are the things to watch out for:

1. Make sure the bread machine is programable as you can make many more recipes with it, like preparing doughs you can then shape and cook the way you want.
2. Every time you bake the bread you will have to scoop out the kneading blade from the bottom of the loaf, but that will happen with all bread machines.
3. Every 2 years I have to replace the pan, as the underpin holding the blade detaches from the pan. However, you can still use it and it will not leak, but you will have to fill in the ingredients with the pan already inserted into the machine, which is not always convenient.

Breads I make with my bread machine

📋Italian Milk Bread Rolls Recipe (Panini Al Latte)

This Italian milk bread rolls recipe is a slightly sweet, soft, and small dinner roll called Panini al Latte. The dough of these fluffy buns is made with flour, milk, egg, and butter. They are golden brown and served fresh with gourmet filling at buffets or children's parties. This milk bread recipe is easy; it is a fun activity to do with the children.

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📋Traditional Italian Cheese Bread - Crescia

This Italian cheese bread is a traditional delicacy from Marche and Umbria called Crescia di Pasqua, usually baked for the Easter breakfast or Monday picnic. It is a savory Easter bread with a soft, fluffy structure and packed with Pecorino and Parmesan cheese. Sometimes bacon or sausages are also added to the dough and it is eaten in slices with salami and boiled egg. Either way, it is good all year round!

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📋 Stuffed Bread Rolls With Veggies And Cheese

These stuffed bread rolls can make any boring salad or soup come to life. They are pillowy crumbly dinner rolls filled with spinach, sun-dried tomatoes, gruyere cheese, and pine nuts. They are versatile and can be filled with any other combination of cheese and vegetables. These dinner rolls are a meal by themselves, perfect and simple to make when you want to serve something special to a crowd for a potluck or a picnic.

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📋 Homemade English Muffins

You can buy ready made English muffins, but if you make them fresh at home you will never go back to the bought ones. To ease the work, you can make the dough in the bread machine

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📋Italian Fried Dough Crispelle

These savoury Italian fried dough balls called Crispelle is a classic appetizer we offer with the aperitif especially at Christmas and New year. Inside the fried dough there is a small piece of anchovy, crunchy outside and soft inside ending with the salty bite of the anchovy or sundried tomato, perfect to serve with a sweet Spritz or Mimosa.

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📋Homemade Cinnamon Buns

Soft and buttery inside, crunchy and gooey outside, our special Christmas Cinnamon Buns morning treat. Prepared the night before and baked in the morning

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Pizzas I make with my bread machine

📋Neapolitan Pizza Recipe

Original Italian pizza dough recipe you can use with any topping. Cooked in the home oven on a pizza stone it is the same as you have at a pizzeria

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📋 Fluffy Focaccia Pizza

This fluffy Focaccia Pizza is a soft thick Pizza with tomatoes, mozzarella, the basil and ham are encapsulated inside the dough. A great mix of flavour in every bite.

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📋 Pizza Fritta Montanara Fried Pizza Dough

Pizza fritta Montanara is small pizza dough deep-fried and topped like a pizza. This classic Neapolitan street food is a savory dough with a crispy outside and a warm, gooey center, served topped with mozzarella, tomato sauce, basil, and freshly grated Parmesan. They are very popular as appetizers as they are simple to make and easy to serve at parties, as these fried pizzas are small and can be eaten by hand.

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📋Artichoke Pizza with Sun-dried Tomatoes and Scamorza Cheese

This artichokes pizza combines the earthy taste of artichokes with gooey strong cheese and the sweetness of sundried tomatoes. The artichokes are fresh, cooked beforehand then roasted over the pizza.

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📋Traditional Italian White Pizza With Pesto

White pizza is a pizza without tomato sauce, my favourite originates just around the corner in the Italian Riviera: Pizza with Stracchino and Pesto #yourguardianchef #pizzarecipes #pizza #italianrecipes

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📋Vegetarian Pizza Toppings

I created this list of pizza toppings to celebrate Mediterranean vegetables, using for each pizza a typical regional cheese to enhances each produce and its flavour.

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📋Pissaladiere Nicoise

Pissaladiere is a traditional recipe from the South of France, sold in many bakeries as a starter or snack. It is a pizza base topped by Mediterranean caramelized onions, anchovies and olives. It can be served warm or at room temperature. #yourguardianchef #frenchfood #pizza

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