Cheese and ham bread roll

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A one-course meal that can change depending on the occasion: from a tasty aperitif to a succulent starter or a tasty snack to break the afternoon hunger: Cheese and ham bread roll.

We thought of a recipe that you can use to please all bread lovers.

Here are the details for preparing the recipe!

Cheese and ham bread roll

30.08g carbohydrates per 100g

Ingredients for the dough

  • 250g water
  • 200g gluten-free bread flour mix, brand Farmo Easyglut**
  • 200g gluten-free bread flour mix, brand Pedon**
  • 20g extra virgin olive oil
  • 1 egg
  • 12g brewer’s yeast
  • 8g salt

Ingredients for the filling

  • 200g ricotta cheese
  • 200g diced cooked ham*
  • 130g cow’s milk mozzarella
  • 100g Caciocavallo cheese
  • 2 eggs
  • oil, salt, pepper, rosemary

**Ingredients specific for celiacs

*Ingredients whose labels must read “gluten-free” (or, in Italy, present on  Prontuario AIC)

Preparation of the Cheese and ham bread roll

  1. Let’s start with the dough! Knead all the ingredients together, form a dough ball and let it rest covered for at least 1 hour.
  2. Meanwhile prepare the filling. Sauté the diced cooked ham in a pan with a few tablespoons of oil and a sprig of rosemary. Mix the ham with the ricotta cheese, chopped mozzarella and grated Caciocavallo cheese. Season with salt and pepper.
  3. Roll out the dough to form a 40x50cm rectangle and let it rest for another 30 minutes.

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Spread the filling by forming a rib along the longest side of the rectangle 2cm from the edge and fold it over the filling. Create another rib next to it and continue in this way to obtain a large stuffed cylinder.

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Put in a baking dish, brush the surface with oil and bake in a static oven preheated to 180°C for 40 minutes.

Foto Lorenzo Moreni

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Version with gluten of Cheese and ham bread roll

Replace the gluten-free flour (500g) with an equal amount of flour with gluten and knead with 230g water.

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The perfect snack: Baked Panzerottini

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Whether it is for a hunger-breaking snack or a snack to take to school, attention to what children and young people eat during the day is very important. Needless to say, good, home-made things are always the best option, so Baked Panzerottini are just a great solution. If you want an idea for a sweet snack, try Mini apple strudels.

Of course, time is generally short and everyday commitments do not allow us to cook as much as we would like.

My recommendation is that you bake Panzerottini in a large amount then freeze them to have them ready whenever you want: the ideal problem solvers.

Baked Panzerottini

31.5g carbohydrates per 100g

Ingredients for the dough

  • 250g gluten free bread flour mix, brand Nutrifree**
  • 210g water
  • 40g wholemeal rice flour*
  • 30g extra virgin olive oil
  •  7g brewer’s yeast
  • 8g salt
  • rice flour for dusting*

Ingredients for stuffing

  • 250g milk
  • 80g cooked ham*
  • 80g Scamorza cheese
  • 25g wholemeal rice flour*
  • 10g butter
  • salt, grated Parmesan cheese and extra virgin olive oil

**Ingredients specific for celiacs

*Ingredients whose labels must read “gluten free” (or, in Italy, present on  Prontuario AIC)

Preparation

  1. Knead all the ingredients together, form a dough ball and let it rest covered for at least 1 hour.
  2. Prepare the béchamel sauce by melting the butter in a pan, add the flour, stirring with a whisk so that no lumps form, then add the milk. Put the mixture on the heat until the béchamel forms.
  3. Season with salt and add grated Parmesan cheese to taste. Finally, let the béchamel sauce cool down.

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4. Roll out the dough and cut 9cm diameter disks. Place a spoonful of béchamel sauce in the centre, ham pieces and two or three small cubes of Scamorza cheese.

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5. Lightly moisten the edge of the filled disc with water and place a second disc on top, pressing the edge down so that it is perfectly sealed.

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  1. Brush the Panzerotti surface, put them on a baking tin covered with parchment paper and bake in a static oven preheated to 200°C for about 15 minutes, until golden brown.

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Version with gluten of Baked Panzerottini

Prepare the dough with wheat flour and adjust the amount of water.

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Cooking tricks: Express sourdough

We told you about it in the recipe for Mixed leavening bread and now we show you how to prepare it: Express sourdough to use in your doughs.

And do you know why I love it? Because it does not require the effort of being refreshed regularly to keep it alive, it will be ready for use when we decide we want to use it, and above all, we do not run the risk of fermentation getting out of control causing odours to develop that are not always pleasant.

It is important to remember that the use of sourdough combined with the addition of fibre to the bread reduces the bread’s glycaemic index by up to 40%, so it is worth planning the bread-making process a day in advance!

A true ally in the kitchen with just 2 ingredients!

Express sourdough

37.54g carbohydrates per 100g

Ingredients

  • 500g gluten-free buckwheat based flour, brand Petra 5 flour** (Molino Quaglia)
  • 400g water

** Ingredients specific for celiacs

Preparation

  1. Knead the flour with water at a temperature of 30°C (if you don’t have a thermometer to check the temperature, let the water run down from the tap until it is warm, but not hot), preferably in a planetary mixer or a food processor: the dough will become quite thick.
  2. Form a ball and immerse it completely in a bowl or pot containing water at 30°C, the ball will settle on the bottom. Then leave the dough to rise in a warm room, either in the oven at 30°C or in the switched off oven, but with a small pan of hot water on the bottom to keep the temperature, for at least 18 hours or however as long as it takes for the ball of dough to rise to the surface.

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  1. When the dough rises to the surface, the sourdough starter is ready to be used without refreshments. Furthermore, given the ease of preparation, it is not advisable to store part of the dough to make refreshments which, if not kept at the required temperature and humidity, could develop unpleasant odours and flavours.
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Who can resist Pizza with potatoes?

Pizza is one of the symbols par excellence of Italian cuisine, a dish capable of brightening up evenings with friends, a family lunch, but also perfect for snacks or aperitifs. Yet pizza is a major challenge for both those with diabetes and those with celiac disease, albeit for completely different reasons.

For those with diabetes, pizza is a challenge for blood glucose control as it is one of the most difficult foods to predict in terms of short-, medium- and long-term blood glucose rise. So we should always be careful when consuming it!

For those with celiac disease, pizza is a challenge because the crispness of the dough is hardly comparable to pizzas made with conventional flours.

Despite the challenges, Pizza with Potatoes is definitely one of a thousand ways to prepare this iconic dish and I hope it gives you a moment of joy. Try it out and let me know how the experience went.

Pizza with potatoes

68.27g carbohydrates per 100g of baked pizza without topping

Ingredients for the pizza base

  • 450g flour mix for bread, brand Nutrifree**
  • 450g water
  • 250g potatoes (weight of cooked and peeled potatoes)
  • 250g cherry tomatoes
  • 50g buckwheat flour*
  • 50g wholemeal rice flour*
  • 20g brewer’s yeast
  • extra virgin olive oil, fine and coarse salt, oregano

**Ingredients specific for celiacs

*Ingredients whose labels must read “gluten-free” (or, in Italy, present on  Prontuario AIC)

Preparation

  1. Take the flours, put them in a bowl or planetary mixer and mix with water in which you have dissolved the yeast. Knead, then add fine salt and 4 tablespoons of extra virgin olive oil. Once everything is mixed together, place the dough in the mixing bowl to rise for about 2 hours.
  2. Meanwhile, boil the potatoes and, once cooked, peel, mash and let them cool.
  3. Take the risen dough, add the mashed potatoes and mix until the potatoes are completely incorporated.
  4. Now divide the dough into 4 parts, lay each part on a baking tin covered with parchment paper; let the pizzas rise for as long as it takes to heat the oven, then bake them at 220°C until ¾ done.
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Adding tomato to pizza

  1. Remove the pizza from the oven, top it with tomato sauce, mozzarella and oregano and finish cooking for the remaining time. In total it should be about 25 minutes.
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Adding mozzarella

We topped the pizza in a simple way, but you can let your imagination guide you to create flavour combinations according to your preferences.

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The ready-to-eat pizza

Version with gluten of Pizza with potatoes

Prepare the dough with 500g wheat flour and knead it with 300g water.

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Gluten-free Apulian focaccia: soft and fragrant

Who can resist a soft and fragrant freshly baked Apulian focaccia ? Indeed, it is one of those treats that it is good to indulge in from time to time.

So prepare the ingredients to reproduce this recipe from the traditional cuisine of an area with genuine and simple flavours, but which is always a great success.

Needless to say, this is a strictly gluten free preparation. To make it, we decided not to add sugar, as the original recipe calls for, so you simply have to be a little more patient to let it rise.

Gluten-free Apulian focaccia 

40.60g carbohydrates per 100g

Ingredients

  • 450g flour mix for bread, brand Nutrifree**
  • 450g water
  • 250g potatoes (weight of cooked and peeled potatoes)
  • 250g cherry tomatoes
  • 50g buckwheat flour*
  • 50g wholemeal rice flour*
  • 20g brewer’s yeast
  • extra virgin olive oil, fine and coarse salt, oregano

**Ingredients specific for celiacs

*Ingredients whose labels must read “gluten-free” (or, in Italy, present on  Prontuario AIC)

Preparation

  1. Take the flours, put them in a bowl or planetary mixer and mix with water in which you have dissolved the yeast. Knead, then add fine salt and 4 tablespoons of extra virgin olive oil. Once everything is mixed together, put it to rise for 1.5 hours inside the mixing bowl.
  2. Meanwhile, boil the potatoes and, once cooked, peel, mash and let them cool.
  3. Take the risen dough, add the mashed potatoes and mix until the potatoes are completely incorporated.
  4. Pour the soft dough into a large baking tin covered with lightly greased parchment paper. Oil your hands well and flatten the dough, forming the typical holes with your fingers, then leave to rise for at least 1 hour.

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Preparing Apulian focaccia

  1. Now cut the cherry tomatoes in half and let them sink slightly into the focaccia from the cut side. Finish the preparation with coarse salt, extra virgin olive oil and oregano.
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Focaccia ready to be baked

  1. Bake in a hot oven at 200°C for about 40-45 minutes, then let it cool before serving.
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Version with gluten of Apulian focaccia

Just replace the Nutrifree flour with 500g wheat flour and mix with 300g water.

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