Gorgonzola Stuffed Bread Recipes

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• Arrange the baguette slices in a single layer on a baking sheet. Brush the top of each one with olive oil or melted butter. Place a slice of pear onto each piece of bread, then crumble some of the cheese over the top. Sprinkle with walnuts.
• Bake for 12 to 15 minutes in the preheated oven, or until the pears are browned and the cheese has started to melt.

Steps:

• Preheat broiler. Cream the butter with the gorgonzola cheese. Mince garlic and add to cheese mixture. Add chopped parsley, and season with salt and pepper. Slice bread in half lengthwise. Spread cheese mixture on each half of bread. Sprinkle top with Parmesan cheese. Place bread under the broiler until cheese is melted and bubbly. Cut into slices and serve.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400°F. Scoop out center of each bread half, leaving 1-inch-thick shells.
• Cook and stir mushrooms, onions and garlic in hot oil in skillet until tender. Spoon into bottom of bread loaf. Sprinkle with cheese; cover with top of bread. Wrap in foil.
• Bake 15 to 20 min. or until cheese is melted. Cut crosswise into 12 slices to serve.

Steps:

• Use side burners or preheat grill. Heat oil in a medium saucepan over medium high heat. Add onions and garlic and cook until soft. Add mushroom stems and cook until golden brown. Remove from heat and add bread crumbs, parsley, hot pepper sauce and cheese. Mix until well combined (if mixture looks too dry, add more olive oil.) Season the mixture with salt and pepper to taste. Fill the mushroom caps with the mixture and brush the entire mushroom with more olive oil. Grill over medium heat until tender.

Steps:

• Place a baking stone in the middle of the oven and preheat to 470 degrees F.
• On a lightly floured work surface, cut the dough into 4 equal pieces with a bench scraper.
• Using your fingertips, flatten the dough pieces. Transfer 1 of the pieces to the back of a cookie sheet lined with parchment paper and lightly dusted with cornmeal. Cover generously with walnuts and Gorgonzola and top with another piece of dough. Press down on the edges to seal. Using a small palette knife, cut 8 evenly spaced holes in the dough. Stretch the dough to enlarge the holes. Lightly brush the fougasse with olive oil and cover lightly with plastic wrap. Place the loaf in a warm place and let rise for 30 minutes. Repeat to make 1 more loaf.
• Working with 1 loaf a time, slide the fougasse, still on the parchment paper, onto the baking stone. Bake until crispy and brown, about 20 to 25 minutes. Transfer the fougasse to a rack to cool. Repeat with the remaining loaf.
• In a large mixing bowl, combine the pate fermentee and water and, using your hands, break up the dough into the water.
• In another bowl, whisk together the flour, yeast, and salt. Add the flour mixture to the pate fermentee mixture and mix by hand until firm and cohesive, about 3 minutes. Allow dough to rest for 10 minutes.
• Turn the dough out onto a lightly floured work surface. Knead the dough until very elastic and smooth, about 10 to 15 minutes. Take the dough's temperature. It should be at 78 degrees F.
• Transfer the dough to a large bowl and cover with plastic wrap (the plastic should not touch the dough). Place the bowl in a warm place (about 75 to 78 degrees F.) and let rise for a total of 1 hour and 45 minutes. After the first 45 minutes, fold the dough and turn it over in the bowl. (It will somewhat deflate the dough, but it is gentler than what's commonly referred to as "punching down.")
• Let the dough rise, undisturbed, for 1 hour more. (The dough will rise considerably at this point.)
• Turn the dough out onto a lightly floured work surface. Press the dough gently into a rectangle, to degas it.
• In a large bowl, whisk together the flour, salt, and yeast. Add the water and, using your hands, mix until incorporated, about 3 minutes. (Alternatively, mix in a mixer on the lowest setting possible.) Cover bowl with plastic wrap and put in a warm place (about 75 degrees F.). Let the dough ferment for 1 hour. Take the dough's temperature. It should be at 75 degrees F.
• Refrigerate the dough at least 10 hours and up to 36 hours. When ready, it will be roughly doubled in size and have a fine network of filaments and holes. Make this recipe the night before you mix the dough.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 450?. Lightly brush a large rimless baking sheet with oil. (Alternatively, use a rimmed baking sheet turned upside down.)
• Divide dough in half. On a lightly floured work surface, roll and stretch dough to two 16-by-4-inch ovals (or as large as will fit on your baking sheet); transfer to prepared baking sheet. Dividing evenly, brush top of dough with 1 tablespoon oil.
• Sprinkle dough with Gorgonzola, Fontina, and dates; season with pepper. Bake until crust of flatbreads is golden, 15 to 17 minutes.
• Transfer flatbreads to a cutting board. Drape prosciutto on top of flatbreads, and cut crosswise into small triangles. Serve immediately.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• Spread potatoes in a single layer on a baking sheet; drizzle with the oil, and toss to coat. Season with salt. Place potatoes in preheated oven and bake until very tender when pierced with a fork, 45 to 50 minutes.
• With a small knife, cut a cross in the top of each potato; press firmly on sides to open. Combine sour cream and Gorgonzola in a small bowl. Top each potato with a generous spoonful of the cheese mixture; garnish with chives. Serve hot or at room temperature.

Steps:

• Cook onion and garlic in olive oil in saucepan until soft.
• Chop mushroom stems& add to saucepan, cooking until golden.
• Remove from heat and add rest of ingredients.
• Fill the mushroom caps and brush all over with olive oil.
• To cook either bake at 350 F for about 30 minutes until browned (I raised temperature to 375 for the last 10 minutes) or grill over medium heat until soft and tender.

Steps:

• Garlic Oil:.
• Preheat oven to 450°F.
• Wrap garlic head in foil and roast in middle of oven until tender, about 45 minutes.
• Carefully unwrap garlic and cool.
• Horizontally halve garlic head and arrange, cut sides down, in a small bowl with oil.
• Let mixture stand, covered and chilled, 2 to 3 days to infuse oil with garlic flavor.
• Preheat broiler.
• In a saucepan boil cream, stirring occasionally, until reduced to about 1/2 cup.
• Add Gorgonzola and cook over low heat, stirring constantly, until cheese melts and sauce is smooth.
• Remove pan from heat and keep sauce warm, covered.
• Horizontally halve baguette and arrange, cut sides up, on a baking sheet.
• Broil bread 2 to 3 inches from heat until golden. (If crust is soft, you may broil crust side of baguette as well.)
• Brush cut sides of baguette with garlic oil and season with salt.
• Cut baguette crosswise into 1-inch-thick slices.
• Pour warm Gorgonzola sauce onto center of a large plate and arrange roasted garlic bread slices around sauce.