How to prepare a bread cutting board. Yes, you heard that right; I present to you my recipe for making a beautiful, useful, and tasty board to serve your appetizers. Made with semolina, water, and lard; it will become an excellent base for your cold cuts. You can also use this technique to decorate your tables, simple, economical, and fun, especially delicious to eat.
These were the preparations I wanted to offer in my place. The simplicity and richness of rural preparations. Food that gratifies the palate and tradition.
Being able to create simple and personalized decorations for your table also enriches the conviviality. This bread board will amaze you and your guests. On this occasion, I present it with cold cuts and cheeses; on other occasions, I have served it with Russian salad, vitello tonnato, vegetable flan, cold summer rolls, or mixed vegetables and frittatas.
Creating this board for your appetizers will give guests another reason to feel good.
- Difficulty: Easy
- Cost: Economical
- Rest time: 30 Minutes
- Preparation time: 1 Hour
- Portions: 5
- Cooking methods: Oven
- Cuisine: Italian
- Seasonality: All seasons
Ingredients
Remilled semolina, olive oil, and lard are the main ingredients…
- 4 cups remilled durum wheat semolina
- 7 tbsps olive oil
- 2 oz lard
- 2 tsp salt
- 180 water (Warm. The quantity is indicative. Before adding the lard, you should have a firm dough for easier decoration.)
- 10 g compressed yeast (If you prefer a softer board, you can add the yeast. I prepare 2 kg of flour, with the leftovers I make some bread. Excellent dough for both carving and pinching decoration.)
Tools
All the tools I use for cooking can be found at: shopping tips.
In this case, you will need: a bowl for the dough, tweezers for decorating, rolling pin…
Steps
Knead, wait, decorate, and bake…
In a bowl, combine the semolina, oil, and salt; mix and knead by adding the water gradually until you get a firm dough. If you add the yeast, dissolve it in a little warm water at the beginning.
Once the dough is ready, add the lard and mix well. Let it rest for at least thirty minutes covered with a cloth.
Divide into equal pieces, you will get five with a diameter of about 10 inches. Roll out into a thin disk and create your decoration. You can also use ice tongs, a fluted pastry wheel cutter, and salt dough molds. Brush with egg yolk and bake at 375°F for about 15 minutes. Remove from the oven as soon as it gets a nice golden color.
The bread cutting board ready to be served.
The carved and polished bread
In two different versions.
Some more advice.
A very simple dough to prepare, an important tip is to try to maintain a good consistency. You can also decorate with a stencil using natural powders after moistening the surface with yolk or water. For coloring, you can use beetroot powder, unsweetened cocoa, turmeric, paprika, and spirulina algae.
