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French Bread Pizza

June 2, 2012 May 5th, 2019

French Bread Pizza

Finally, I am getting this recipe to you to rescue your taste buds and hunt for authenticity from that frozen garbage that everyone has been lulled in thinking it’s French bread pizza for decades. This is the real deal my good friends with a bubbly, earthy, crispy crust topped with creamy deliciousness and REAL French cheese. Parlez-vous Français? You will after devouring this festival of flavours.

The Recipe!

Toppings for French bread:

1/2 cup of slivered sweet yellow pepper (use more or less to taste)
2 cups Emmentaller or Gruyère cheese (or both)
Sage leaves to taste
1/4 cup of roughly chopped French oil-cured olives
1 cup of cream cheese

Sprig of rosemary for garnish

French Bread

4 cups unbleached flour
1 1/2 cups of whole wheat flour
1 cup of rye
4 tablespoons of toasted sesame seeds
3 cups of lukewarm water
1 1/2 tablespoons of sea salt
1 3/4 tablespoons of yeast

French Bread Pizza

Combine last 3 ingredients first, then add remainder and knead well. Use a Kitchenaid mixer for best results. Let rest in a large bowl covered with plastic wrap for 3 hours and take out a piece the size of a large grapefruit. Keep the rest of the dough in the fridge for up to a few weeks and use whenever you want to bake during the week. Heat oven to 450. Roll dough ball out on a dusted flour board until about a quarter of an inch thick. Pre-bake on pizza stone until slightly golden in color. Remove from oven and spread 1 cup of cream cheese on crust followed by 2 cups Emmentaller or Gruyère cheese. Top with French oil-cured olives, slivers of sweet yellow pepper sage leaves and top with rosemary sprig. Bake until cheese melts – about 8 minutes.

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  • Vaia says:
    July 21, 2012 at 4:20 pm

    Denie! Thank you for all your help yesterday and for making me hungry with all of your food stories lol. On a serious note please take your talent to TV, WGBH, etc. Everything looks amazing and I can’t wait to try some of your recipes.

    • deniebernier says:
      July 22, 2012 at 9:43 pm

      Hey Vaia!
      I hope today finds you feeling well! Funny thing about WGBH, they asked me for a proposal for a show! It’s still all about who you know and money to back you, but that was quite a compliment that they were interested enough to ask for that! Who knows what the future brings. I’m enjoying deeply what I do and that’s the bottom line. If you want to contact me I’m at bernierpipes@gmail.com. Let me know how you are doing.
      Take care of yourself my friend,
      Denié

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