Last Updated on June 8, 2022
Garbage Bread Recipe
If you love gourmet breads, you’re on to a lovely ride. Growing up in Lebanon, mom used to treat us every now and then with an amazingly delicious home-baked kinda-sweet bread loaf, stuffed (Garbage Bread) with cold deli cuts. She used to make it especially around Christmas, and would call it “Pate Noel” which means Christmas Dough. Here is the Garbage Bread Recipe for you.
Smoked Turkey and Cheese Home Baked Bread (Garbage Bread)
Googling around, I found references from the French cuisine for “Pate Noel” recipes however they were a bit different; they actually stuffed the dough with a mixture of spiced minced beef and pork. Thank you Paris, but I prefer mom’s version. Until recently, I thought that Garbage Bread was mom’s special invention and mama’s boy felt special. However, when we served it at a home party in the US not too long ago, a friend noted that he’s had it before, and he thought that it was called “garbage bread” due to the fact that folks make it after the holidays with their fridge leftovers. Not so tasteful of a name for food, but, he was right, the common name for this recipe in the US is actually “garbage bread” 🙂
This “bread” tastes wonderful and serves as a great hot or cold hors d’oeuvres. If you have a party, plan on making a lot because it tends to disappear fast. I also noticed over time that olives seem to have the most impact on its flavor. If you have good olives, the bread turns wonderful. No wonder bakeries carry “olive bread” since when olives are present you almost need nothing else. If you would like to further experiment, you could try to add a tiny pinch of rosemary leaves as a stuffing.
Recipe: Smoked Turkey and Cheese Home Baked Gourmet Bread – Garbage Bread
Summary: Learn how to make bread at home, gourmet style. Garbage bread recipe.
Smoked Turkey and Cheese Home Baked Bread Dough Ingredients (5-6 servings)
- 5 cups of all-purpose flour
- 3 eggs
- 1/2 cup of milk
- 1/2 lb of unsalted butter
- 2 teaspoons of yeast
- 1 teaspoon of salt
- 3 teaspoons of sugar
Bread Stuffing Ingredients
- 12 slices of smoked turkey (deli cuts)
- 12 slices of turkey salami (deli cuts)
- 1/2 lb of Swiss cheese, shredded or sliced
- 1/3 lb of cheddar cheese, shredded or sliced
- 1/4 lb of sliced mushroom
- 30-40 pitted, high quality olives
Garbage Bread Preparation Method
- Add the flour, salt and sugar to a food processor (or kneading bowl) and mix for a minute.
- Warm the milk just a bit, then melt in it the yeast and 1/4 teaspoon of sugar. Let rest for 3-4 minutes then add to food processor and mix with dough for 1-2 minutes.
- Melt butter on a gentle low heat, let cool down a bit, then pour in food processor and knead for 4-5 minutes.
- Finally add the eggs and knead for 4-5 more minutes until you have a nice dough. If the dough is too soft, add 1/4 to 1/2 cup of flour and knead again. If it’s too hard, add 1/4 to 1/2 cup of milk and knead again.
- Place dough in a bowl, cover it with a kitchen cloth and let it rest at room temperature in a warm corner for 2-3 hours.
Garbage Bread Stuffing and Baking Method
- Once ready, clean the kitchen counter or working area then dust it with flour.
- Roll dough into a very thin sheet of 15 x 25 inches, and a thickness of about 4 mm (1/6th of an inch) (equivalent to the thickness of about 3 US quarter dollars).
- Line up rows of stuffing ingredients along the length of the dough in any order you prefer, and you could also follow this one: olives, Swiss cheese, smoked turkey, mushrooms, cheddar cheese, turkey salami.
- Slowly and firmly, roll dough along its length while pressing it gently against the stuffing so they’re not loose, and so the dough sticks to them. Once done, mold the edges of the loaf and close them firmly.
- With a knife tip, create a few small cuts on the top of the loaf to act as a chimney so the bread doesn’t explode in the oven.
- Place loaf on an aluminum foil (or on a baking stone) in an oven preheated to 450F (or 230 C) and bake for 5 minutes, then lower heat to 370F (180 C) and let bake slowly for about 50 minutes.
- Once baked, carefully place the loaf on a cutting board, let it rest for a bit then slice it as desired.
- This bread can be served cold or hot, and goes great as a hors d’oeuvres.
Preparation time: 25 minute(s)
Cooking time: 55 minute(s)
Number of servings (yield): 6
Culinary tradition: French
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