As Adrienne and I work to leave Jersey City one way or another, I think I’m becoming somewhat nostalgic about some of the great things about being in Jersey City. One of those things is Pecoraro’s Bakery, just two blocks from our place. Word has it the building they’re in has been a bakery for 100 years, and the oven is 80 years old. They make simply amazing breads, Jersey-style of course: stuffed with your choice of sausage or pepperoni. They also do small pizzas on occasion, plain loaves, and a variety of other loaves. Trick is, you gotta show up early to get your choice. I stopped by Saturday early afternoon, and they were pretty much down to one stuffed loaf I hadn’t tried before: broccoli. That and a small bianca pizza (no sauce or cheese) with tomato and roasted garlic was $5. Needless to say, the pizza was gone before I got a pic!
And the brocolli bread was quite good!
Responses to “Stuffed Bread: Broccoli”
June 22nd, 2009 at 2:57 pm
Nope, this goes down plain. The flavor of the broccoli was quite good, and the bread was not too mushy around it as well. Interesting indeed.
June 22nd, 2009 at 2:26 pm
Very interesting. I wouldn’t have known how to predict the outcome of the broccoli baking inside the wet bread dough, but it looks interesting. Do you still put butter and jelly on it? If so, what flavor?