Recipes with Our Bread

This month we have two recipies:

Hearty Minestrone (serves 6)

Ideal with Dallas Ciabatta

Your ingredients list:

• 3 onions halved and chopped
• 5 garlic cloves crushed
• 2 tablespoons oil
• 500gm gravy beef
• 500gm bacon bones
• 150gm chopped bacon pieces
• 8 cups water
• 400gm can chopped Italian tomatoes
• 400gm can red beans, rinsed and drained
• 2 tablespoons tomato paste
• 400gm tube pasta shells
• 5 shredded spinach leaves
• other vegetable of seasonal choice can be added
• fresh basil to serve with grated parmesan , and fresh ground black pepper 
  
  
  Instruction:
  
  Heat oil in pan, add garlic, onion, and cook until soft. Add bacon bones, bacon and water to pan, bring to boil, let simmer covered for 1 hour, bacon will fall of f the bones. Remove bones, let cool, use paper tower over soup to absorb any oil that rises to the top. Roughly chop meat into small chunks and return to soup pan.
  
  Add tomatoes, paste and beans, simmer 20 minutes over low heat until thickens. Increase heat, add pasta shells, spinach and any other vegetable of seasonal choice and simmer for another 5-10 minutes, or until pasta is al dente. Top with parmesan and basil leaves with ground black pepper. Serve with Dallas Ciabatta.
  
  

Bocconcini & Olives Pizza

A Dallas Gourmet Bread Recipe

Simplicity is the key here. The bocconcini gives it real substance and the bite from the basil adds a little something for more sophisticated palletes. This recipe uses the pizza bases available in the Dallas Gourmet Bread Range.

Your ingredients list:

• Bocconcini
• Olives
• Parmesan
• Basil
• Sauce tomato base
• Pepper
• Olive oil
  
  Instruction:
  
  Brush your Dallas Gourmet Bread Pizza Base in olive oil, top with all the ingredients by arranging in layers. Cook in a moderate oven 220°C 6-10 minutes or until golden, add the basil afterwards for a fresher taste.