BBA Challenge – Casatiello
Casatiello is an Italian cousin to Brioche. Like a savory panetone. Peter Reinhart even mentions that you can bake the casatiello in panetone molds. I looked online and found that the panetone molds were kind of on the pricey side (even for me… the girl who will buy anything baking related even if I only use it once). So I decided to make my own. I am a pretty big fan of origami boxes, so I adapted one to suit my needs. I made a base out of brown shipping paper, and an insert made from parchment. I was quite happy with the results. I spent a solid 30 minutes telling my husband how much of a genius I am because I was able to combine my love of origami, photography and baking all into one project.
In keeping with my trend of sharing the bread with family/friends/coworkers, I made 4 individual loaves each in its own origami panetone form. This casatiello has sopresetta (salami), sharp provolone and aged asiago. Husband really enjoyed the bread. I loved the sopresetta. Once it is lightly sauteed the flavor really comes out. The origami really held up. I was quite excited.
I found your post through a tweet by Nicole and I love what you’ve done with this bread. I’m intrigued by the oragami; you really are brilliant! We thought this bread was lovely (I made mine with bacon) – another winner from BBA!
I LOVE how you made this bread. What a fabulous idea to make little individual loaves this way.
I made this with summer sausage and love it. Makes a great grilled sandwich – with anything.
OMG. I totally loved making (a veggie version of) this bread. I was actually looking at making something similar with the Panettone this weekend. Your bread looks delicious!
I love your oragami twist to the whole thing. Very, very interesting and Eugenius!