How to Make a Bread Bowl
Soup in a bread bowl - just like at your favorite restaurant!
By Saad Fayed
mideastfood.about.com
Michal Zacharzewski
You have seen bread bowls at your favorite restaurants - bowls made from bread and filled with piping hot soups and stews! When I first saw this I thought it was so unique! Now, whenever I serve my guests a soup or stew as a main course, I serve it in a bread bowl. Here's what you'll need to make yours:
- a round loaf of bread ( you will most likely find sourdough and italian in a heart round shape)
- olive oil for brushing
- basting brush
How to Make a Bread Bowl
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Cut about 1/2 inch off the top of the loaf with a serrated knife. (This will depend on the size of the loaf)
Using your basting brush, brush olive oil on the inside of the bread bowl. This creates a seal, ensuring whatever you put in the bread bowl will not leak out. Bake bread bowl on a baking sheet for 15 minutes, until golden on the inside. Remove from oven, fill with desired soup or stew and serve!
Fun Ideas for Bread Bowls
For personal servings of dips and sauces like hummus, make bread bowls out of small dinner rolls.You can also save the top, brush olive oil underneath, bake with bowl, and serve bread bowl with a "lid"!
A bread bowl is also a fun way to serve a salad, especially fatoush. Almost like your favorite flat bread salads at the deli.
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