How to Make Italian Comfort Classics Like Pane Francese and Chicken Vesuvio

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4 жыл бұрын

In this episode, Julia and Bridget uncover the secrets to making the perfect Pane Francese at home and test cook Erin McMurrer makes Bridget a foolproof recipe for an Italian classic: Chicken Vesuvio.
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@Clg09 4 жыл бұрын

Yes there are many steps, but the fact that they are recreating professional bread making techniques and tools makes sense. I tried this and this bread is really delicious. I made six loaves in a day and froze a bunch. This is all about the joy of the journey and not just the result.

@sixpinkoneblue 4 жыл бұрын

So you happen to have lava heating rocks, a turning board, and a pizza peel & stone, just laying around to spontaneously cook six loaves of this fussy bread in a couple hours? Nice.

@lc9245 4 жыл бұрын

Sixpink oneblue I’ve done their recipe before without any of that. I think there are substitution that we can usually find at home. Let’s start with the turning board. They substitute it with a parchment covered piece of cardboard. I have a serving board which happens to be long and thin, it was adequate for the job. The pizza peel is a little harder, but instead of using the pizza stone, I substitute it with an oiled cast iron pan. I think most oven baking tray won’t be able to hold the heat as well, but it’s fine the last time I tried it. I just take out the cast iron pan and transfer the dough onto the pan and returning it to the oven. The lava rock might be the best steam generator, but I just pour boiled water onto any heated oven ware and place it at the bottom would have been sufficiently misty. A roasting tray works very well. The large surface allows a lot of evaporation.

@Clg09 4 жыл бұрын

Sixpink oneblue Understandable, but there are substitutions that Duy mentioned. And I do enjoy baking and cooking so it’s not a chore for me.

@cisium1184 Жыл бұрын

It's bread FFS. Not a "journey." (BTW can everyone just give that word a rest for a couple years?) Italian food is all about making do with what you have. Simple methods using a few quality ingredients that are readily available. Yes, the Italians used lava rocks, but they used them they had them lying around everywhere - _tufa_ is what the entire peninsula is made of. That doesn't mean we have to buy $50 of equipment to make a $0.50 loaf of bread. You can get excellent results with the Dutch oven you already have. The key step is letting the sponge work for a long time.

@BeetTheRush 4 жыл бұрын

The bread looks absolutely delicious! Beautiful 😍! Bread dipped in olive oil is the best!!

@TheChasathome 3 жыл бұрын

I must agree!😋

@santolify 4 жыл бұрын

I've got enough sourdough starter to use for my sponge. Perfect timing ATK, going stir crazy here.

@joeymama4666 4 жыл бұрын

Never heard of Chicken Vesuvio, but damn, that looks good.

@mayonnaiseeee 2 жыл бұрын

I'd love to just eat that entire loaf with olive oil like they are. Amazing tips given for the entire process!

@blbtx45 4 жыл бұрын

I love both these Italian classics. Thank you 🙏 😊

@msr1116 4 жыл бұрын

My Chicken Vesuvio has mashed potatoes mounded into a volcanic shape, with a "crater" overfilled with sauce so it spills down the sides like flowing lava. Mine also has peas randomly scattered about, like small rocks.

@conniegant7781 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you for the recipes! Both look amazing!

@hollym5873 4 жыл бұрын

Love the recipes. Thanks so much for the video.

@rebeccaschadt7136 4 жыл бұрын

Can't wait till there is bread flour again in the store! I am so making this bread and same with this chicken!!!!

@Passionforfoodrecipes 4 жыл бұрын

The food and hosts are both comforting! Thanks ladies!

@rodmckenzie9089 3 жыл бұрын

Wow! The bread looks fantastic. But I am totally blown away by that chicken vesuvio. I had never even heard of it, but it's something I will certainly make. Thank you for sharing 😋

@alanvonau278 4 жыл бұрын

14:42 I was so impressed with Bridget's saying "brava" (feminine singular form of the adjective) to Julia. So, bravissime, Bridget and Julia, for having made those two gorgeous, artisanal _pani francesi_ 👍👍👏! Well, what more can I say, the "umami duo" of the ATK are both knowledgeable and entertaining. 20:31 Mama mia, molto aglio per questo piatto! Beautiful chicken dish ❤️!

@SP-qk8wl 3 жыл бұрын

I thought the same thing! Bravo, Alan.

@alanvonau278 3 жыл бұрын

@@SP-qk8wl S P, bravo/a anche a te 🥂!

@Tipasa100 4 жыл бұрын

Great technique! Delicious!

@chrisoneillstitt 4 жыл бұрын

Hello - love it all. Thank you!

@christinemadrazo6755 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you.

@dynamite9143 4 жыл бұрын

Love you guys!

@codylee4588 4 жыл бұрын

Sweet~ more bread recipe for this social distancing~

@melodypanek448 4 жыл бұрын

Wow, that chicken looks amazing!

@rudeboymon3177 4 жыл бұрын

Man that chicken vesuvio was speaking to me 😋

@charleshetrick3152 4 жыл бұрын

Lovely work, and a lot of it. But great result. Also why I’m happy to pay my local baker, 3 kids makes for no time for awesome bread making.

@lorrainesmith4074 4 жыл бұрын

Yummy bread delicious 👍

@soupdancer17 4 жыл бұрын

After seeing this, I’m confused how bread is so cheap!

@oliviagreen8853 4 жыл бұрын

Andrew Campbell it takes 20-30 cents to bake your own bread, store bought bread is $1-$5 depending on what you buy, so they’re really overcharging you!

@BernieYohan 4 жыл бұрын

I use a King Arthur dough whisk to get all the ingredients hydrated then use the dough hook.

@Eagle00pr 4 жыл бұрын

That chicken 🍗 looks delicious 😋

@jamesdiehl8690 2 жыл бұрын

It takes a lot of work! Even more than homemade regular bread. I've made the old fashioned bread at home and it seemed like a lot of work.

@elizabethshaw734 2 жыл бұрын

I think maybe it was the lighting when they were in the pan. I love chicken vesuvio and I don't get to cook as often as I would like to as I don't have a caregiver and the last caregiver did not want to assist me in cooking. Hopefully the next one if I get a next one it takes so long will enjoy cooking! :-)

@djlondon7956 4 жыл бұрын

This is hysterical! I love you but I can't stop laughing! Like anyone in their right mind is going to do this. Thank you for cheering us all up during the lockdown. xxx

@snoopaka 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much. How would you have to change the recipe for the bread if you made it with 1/2 whole wheat flour? (or maybe even all Whole Wheat)????????

@dawnesmith-sliming7004 4 жыл бұрын

snoopaka Whole wheat flour will need a bit more water. I’d suggest doing it with 20% wheat your first time and see what you think. I might push it to 50% but I, personally, would never do 100%.

@Designedbyalebanese 4 жыл бұрын

Turn your own burners on! 🤣

@1339su 2 жыл бұрын

Hi American test kitchen. I love 💕 all you’re shows along with good technics. This bread 🥖 is so delicious. But is there any way to reduce the Salt 🧂 for this recipe?. and make it healthier?. The Amount of Salt 🧂 in this recipe is quite too much. I like to make this bread 🥖 for my husband but he can’t take more Salt 🧂 in his digit. Thanks 🙏

@stellaz2595 4 жыл бұрын

Chicken Vesuvio - Gene & Georgetti's restaurant, Chicago.

@dgmwitz 4 жыл бұрын

The intro song slaps so hard

@elizabethshaw734 2 жыл бұрын

I have used tin foil and a thin linen towel to form this type of bread! :-) I hope nobody will be put off simply because they are missing a piece of equipment. :-)

@sandrastreifel6452 4 жыл бұрын

All that equipment my Mum baked bread, all those years, without any of those!

@lisaeastes3104 Жыл бұрын

❤❤❤

@rodolfoboygarcia8705 4 жыл бұрын

This video made me feel grateful I live only 5 minutes away from an artisanal bakery. That’s way too much work for the home cook.

@themichaelernieshow440 3 жыл бұрын

Don't be lazy. Its not that much work

@rjb6327 Жыл бұрын

Where are we supposed to get a "big old bag"? I don't seem to have all these tools laying around. So I have to go out and buy all this equipment to make 2 loves of bread I can go out and buy in any grocery store? How big are the chickens those thighs came from?😁 I will be making the chicken.

@michaelrumley 4 жыл бұрын

You can make this bread without all the extra equipment.

@jodidonaldson2923 4 жыл бұрын

I disagree with the comments saying you need all this equipment to make bread. No you dont. You dont need a stand mixer. You can need by hand, yes it takes longer but it still works. Also dont need the linen liner. With all that flour it'll be just fine on parchment. I'm more turned off this recipe takes a full day of dedication to make ☹😔

@StarhawkRanger 4 жыл бұрын

The bread looked great, but your Chicken Vesuvio was not the Chicken Vesuvio I've eaten many times at a local Italian restaurant. The dish they served here is bite sized white meat chicken(no skin) with potatoes in a white cheese wine sauce. Any idea what region this version of the dish is from?

@xoxo2008oxox 4 жыл бұрын

Good luck getting dry yeast! OMG... I wanted to do this and all the stores near me are OUT. Even have limit (1) bag flour to customers now. Seriously, is someone scaring people on Facebook to buy up TP, Water, flour, yeast? Edit: I looked online (e.g. Kingarthurflour, etc) and all are out of stock, back ordered or some scary-named brands I do not trust.

@bustertrocine9124 4 жыл бұрын

Hello..

@HunterBidenCocaineBag 4 жыл бұрын

Looks like a crappy Boston day outside that window! That bread would be worth a half-day "effort".

@NaturalFlirtGamer 4 жыл бұрын

Nice chicken Vesuvio recipe but it needed peas to be really iconic! :D

@plmperz4783 4 жыл бұрын

Would it be best to compare garlic's chemical reaction to say... I don't know... a two-part epoxy?

@Chilax 4 жыл бұрын

Robert Moberly hey Brad

@alessandropangia697 4 жыл бұрын

I believe.

@bc14973 4 жыл бұрын

Heavens, that bread looks amazing, but I think this is the most user-intensive and extra-tool requiring recipe I’ve ever seen on the show. Usually I’ll see some recipes and think “That’s just not worth having to clean my food processor.” But, sure, let’s go out during this quarantine and pick up a pizza peel, linen, and lava rocks to spend a whole day to make bread. I mean, we have the time for it, but still.

@johnadamczyk6213 4 жыл бұрын

you mean you don't have a pizza peel, linen, and lava rocks already? why you watching this video lol

@padraicfanning7055 4 жыл бұрын

That's what _Cook's Country_ is for, right?

@Andypendej0 4 жыл бұрын

Erins voice is 😍

@EmilBrikha 4 жыл бұрын

i’m not sure if this is a bread baking recipe or a shopping list for baking tools 🤣

@sylviaseri4235 4 жыл бұрын

I love bread and this does look delicious, but way too many steps and too many hours to create. I’ll go with the other bread bakers on KZfaq that create a loaf quickly. I have tried those others and they are very delicious too with much less work.

@lareinadiondra6027 4 жыл бұрын

Ok.

@SP-qk8wl 3 жыл бұрын

While I don't mind the effort, this recipe is confusing and somewhat inaccurate. I weighed 2 2/3 cups of bread flour and it was 13.8 oz. They say it's supposed to be 14 2/3 (14.66) oz. So which is it? It would be good if the ingredients listed in grams and always weighed? Pane Flopese.

@kmmk8326 4 жыл бұрын

I'm going to keep saying it until you hear me: why cover a bowl with plastic wrap when you can cover it with a clean plate???

@doghairdontcarelindaniel7531 4 жыл бұрын

Km Mk I always wonder the same thing......

@MrEquusQuagga 4 жыл бұрын

It’s not that serious. It’s just cooking

@lareinadiondra6027 4 жыл бұрын

Plastic wrap makes a better seal. That, and there's no pressing reason not to.

@davidyoung8875 4 жыл бұрын

thank god CREEPY KIMBALL is gone

@keypunker22 4 жыл бұрын

9 days and $87 worth of equipment later, you too can make your very own italian bread in just 62 easy steps!

@dlbr9060 4 жыл бұрын

the extra in the back "chopping a carrot" with her index on top of the blade and no curled fingers has me shook

@TheChasathome 3 жыл бұрын

Is it acceptable for me to experience stand mixer envy? 😔 Shamed Chas

@benjling8894 2 жыл бұрын

I watch their show all the time… so disappointing that you have to pay for the recipes…

@trinathebookworm8977 4 жыл бұрын

The beauty of these recipes has always been that they have felt attainable to the regular cook. I don't feel like that's the case here. 10 or 15 dollars for a linen just for bread may not seem like a lot to them, but to me that is a meal for my kids. I can't do it. Remember please ladies who your audience is.

@djlondon7956 4 жыл бұрын

I agree. I kinda think they are just having fun.

@pawelsirotkin4142 4 жыл бұрын

Why are you using so much plastic? You can just put the plate from above.

@lareinadiondra6027 4 жыл бұрын

Why do you care? A little plastic wrap won't end the world.

@karenescobar7407 4 жыл бұрын

The dough with 10oz of water is too liquid, it doesn't look like that at all

@NotContinuum 4 жыл бұрын

Why not just make freeform French bread and avoid buying all the extra equipment? If there's one thing I learned from Alton Brown, it's avoid unitaskers.

@translatorjoe 4 жыл бұрын

The bread recipe seems like it’s from The Onion.

@joeymama4666 4 жыл бұрын

Not to people who actually like to cook

@schwarty6 4 жыл бұрын

I mean, it looks good, but there are far too many specialty items I definitely don't own for this to be a realistic bread recipe for the average home cook

@MrScubajsb 4 жыл бұрын

After step 347, i decided i will not be making this bread 🙃

@generybarczyk6993 4 жыл бұрын

Something about this bread seems counter-intuitive, less of sustenance and more of affectation. I have eaten--and have made--delicious, crusty loaves with open and irregular crumb, created with much less effort and equipment. I'm trying to imagine the circumstances in which this approach was first developed. Maybe as a punishment for a trainee-cook who couldn't learn how to turn an egg over easy without breaking the yolk? It certainly wasn't first made by the hands of a peasant wife trying to manage her home and family while putting the daily bread on the table. I do appreciate the tip about lava rocks, though. That, alone, was worth watching the rest of the overly indulgent development of the _prestige._

@gabriellafiabane8144 4 жыл бұрын

you can t make italian bread with american flour Ciao

@lareinadiondra6027 4 жыл бұрын

I can, but you're not me.

@Regina.Falange 4 жыл бұрын

i did it and it came out awful. it didn't rise in the oven and was dense.

@elizabethshaw734 2 жыл бұрын

Those Yukon Gold skins are an icky green. Odd.

@IzzyTheEditor 4 жыл бұрын

"super easy bread" ... but you have to buy $460 worth of equipment in order to make it happen lol

@ThatsAwesomeAndStuff 4 жыл бұрын

Use non iodized salt like kosher salt, NOT table salt

@briantuma1502 4 жыл бұрын

ThatsAwesomeAndStuff There is non iodized table salt.

@ThatsAwesomeAndStuff 4 жыл бұрын

@@briantuma1502 you are correct, just wanting to send out a warning for inexperienced breadmakers. Iodine kills yeast folks

@oliviagreen8853 4 жыл бұрын

Well crap. Just put them in the oven and used iodized salt lol that explains why the loaves didn’t rise much after that 😅 thanks for the tip!

@cynthiaamitrano8915 4 жыл бұрын

I'll just buy it at the European Bakery. I have none of the equipment necessary to make a $7 loaf of bread.

@joeymama4666 4 жыл бұрын

Just buying it takes all the fun out of the experience.

@danielbakergill 4 жыл бұрын

You don't have bowls? And are you buying the 400$ flour handmilled by Queen Elizabeth?

@dlbr9060 4 жыл бұрын

also wait... why not use the trimmed chicken fat to render and sear the chicken in instead of olive oil? crispy chicken skin snacks for the cook whilst cooking. duh

@deb3834 4 жыл бұрын

you guys are so crazy. all that unnecessary everything.

@joeymama4666 4 жыл бұрын

Like your negativity is "needed"?

@lareinadiondra6027 4 жыл бұрын

Panera does this.

@wallyj2000 4 жыл бұрын

So if you have absolutely no life and lots of flour and that special cloth and all the other special tools and have an entire day to waste making bread give it a try :(😒

@danielbakergill 4 жыл бұрын

Walter why are you on a food channel? Just buy wonderbread, Walter.

@gabriellafiabane8144 4 жыл бұрын

this is not italian buuuuuuu

@lareinadiondra6027 4 жыл бұрын

buuuuuuuutt?

@CreekmoreBanks1977 4 жыл бұрын

I love the show, but the amount of equipment required for the bread is absurd.

@Taricus 3 жыл бұрын

STOP RUINING MY LANGUAGE!!! LOL j/k :P

@avalon449 4 жыл бұрын

I was under the stupid impression that this vid would show people how to make bread during the stay at home pandemic order BUT all kind of stuff needed that probably no one has..........you guys have lost touch with your audience.

@deb3834 4 жыл бұрын

Panera doesn't do all that, and their bread is great.

@adbreon 4 жыл бұрын

Their bread is full of chemical enhancements. Their bread is also not great, it’s fairly average.