Spudini Bread Recipes

BEEF SPIEDINI

Steps:

• Thinly slice steak widthwise into 5-in. strips. In a large resealable plastic bag, combine the marinade ingredients. Add beef; seal bag and turn to coat. Refrigerate for 4 hours or overnight, turning occasionally., Combine the bread crumbs, cheese, parsley, salt, garlic powder and pepper. Transfer half of the mixture to a shallow bowl; set aside. For filling, add marinara sauce to the remaining crumb mixture and mix well. Spread 1 teaspoon filling over each beef strip and roll up into pinwheels. Coat with reserved crumb mixture., Cut onion into 1-in. pieces and separate into layers. Thread a piece of onion, a sage leaf and a beef pinwheel onto a soaked wooden appetizer skewer; repeat. Drizzle lightly with oil and place on a greased 15x10x1-in. baking pan., Broil 3-4 in. from heat for 5-7 minutes or until beef reaches desired doneness, turning once.

SPIEDINI ALLA ROMANA

Steps:

• Heat oven to 200 degrees. In a large skillet, heat 1/2 cup olive oil and enough vegetable oil to reach one inch in depth to 375 degrees. Place a piece of bread on work surface. Top with 2 slices mozzarella. Cover with a second slice of bread. Repeat with remaining bread and cheese to make a multi-layered sandwich. Cut sandwich into four equal quarters, and place a 10-inch skewer through the center of each quarter. With a serrated knife, gently remove the crusts and discard.
• Whisk together eggs, milk, salt, and pepper, and pour into a shallow baking dish. Dredge sandwiches in flour, and shake off excess. Dip in egg mixture turning to coat on all sides. Transfer to hot oil. Fry, turning occasionally, until golden on all sides. Drain on a paper towel-lined baking sheet, and place in oven to keep warm.
• In a medium skillet, heat remaining 2 teaspoons olive oil over medium-high heat. Add garlic, and cook until golden. Add anchovies, and cook stirring until they almost disintegrate. Stir in white wine, lemon juice, and capers. Bring to a vigorous boil, and continue to boil until reduced by half.
• Stir parsley into reduced sauce. Remove skewers from sandwiches, and serve with sauce spooned lightly over sandwiches. Garnish with parsley sprigs.

SPIEDINI ALLA ROMANA

Steps:

• Pre-heat oven to 500°F.
• In a medium-sized skillet, heat 1 tablespoon of the butter. Add the shallot and cook over medium heat for about 2 minutes, until they are lightly browned.
• Add the anchovies and use the back of a fork to rub them into the shallots. Cook for about another 1 to 2 minutes.
• Add the wine and cook for 1 minute.
• Add the chicken stock and increase the heat to high and bring to a boil. Let cook for 2 minutes.
• Reduce heat to medium and add remaining butter, one tablespoon at a time, whisking often, until the sauce thickens a little.
• Stir in the capers, basil and parsley. Season with a pinch of salt and pepper. Cover and remove from heat.
• Cut the ends off of the loaf of bread, and the sides, too, until you have a rectangular loaf of bread. Cut the loaf into 5 or 6 1/4-inch to 1/2-inch slices.
• Place the bread slices in the oven directly on the rack and toast them for about 5 minutes, until lightly browned. Remove from the oven.
• Using the cut side of the garlic, rub it all over both sides of each toasted slice of bread.
• Place one slice of bread on a cutting board and place a slice of the thick-cut mozzarella on the bread. Repeat this process, ending with the last piece of bread.
• Spear the sandwich with a wooden (or metal) skewer and push all the way through so it will hold in place while it bakes.
• Transfer to a shallow baking pan and place in the oven for 16 minutes. Use oven mitts and tongs to rotate the sandwich once every 4 minutes. (Some of the cheese will melt out of the sandwich, but that's okay, just push it back into place with a fork or spoon).
• Transfer the spiedini to a serving platter, remove the skewer, and pour the warm sauce all over it.
• You can cut the spiedini into individual servings, or serve as is, and let guests pull apart their own portion.

SPIEDINI

Steps:

• 1. First, cut the meat to about 4x6" or rectangular shaped pieces. If the meat is about 1/4" thick, you can pound it between wax paper or plastic to tenderize and make it thinner. Then coat each piece with oil on both sides, pile onto a large plate and set aside. Mix the Italian bread crumbs and Parmesan cheese together in a large wide bowl and set aside.
• 2. Second, chop the tomato, place in a bowl and set aside. Chop the onion, place in a bowl and set aside. Have the can of grated Romano set aside with the tomato and onion.
• 3. Next, dredge each piece of meat in the bread crumb mixture on both sides and pile aside onto a large plate.
• 4. Then, set up assembly line style: Take one piece of meat, put a teaspoon of tomato, onion and Romano at the larger end of the meat, fold in sides and roll up into "small meat roll". Pack side by side into a large cookie sheet or large glass rectangle baking dish. Place one bay leaf in between each roll.
• 5. Once the meat rolls are all packed into the baking dish, sprinkle across the tops with salt and pepper to your taste.
• 6. Bake for 20-25 mins at 375-400 degrees. Smaller batches need less time. You can monitor this to see what works best in your oven.

SPUDINI BREAD

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
• Chop garlic in a food processor.
• Add all other ingredients, except for bread and mozzarella.
• Process in short bursts, until spread is rough and lumpy.
• Slice bread into 3/4 inch slices, not all the way through, leave bottom crust connected.
• Spread each side of each slice with the butter spread.
• Place a piece of mozzarella between the slices.
• Brush top and sides of the loaf with butter spread.
• Wrap the loaf in foil.
• Bake for 25 to 30 minutes, or until the cheese is melted throughout.
• Open foil and return to oven for 5 minutes.

SPEDINI

Steps:

• Pound steak with a meat hammer to tenderize. Brush pounded steak with olive oil and crushed garlic. Stack and cover with plastic wrap and set aside.
• Slice raw bacon, fry and crumble, set aside.
• Mix the breadcrumbs, parmasan cheese, garlic and olive oil in a small bowl.
• Top each piece of steak with the breadcrumb mixture, sprinkle with some bacon and a slice of provolone cheese. Roll and close with toothpicks.
• Fry the spedini's in olive oil to brown.
• Pour 1/2 the marinara sauce in the bottom of a casserole dish. Place spedinis on sauce and pour the remainng sauce over the top.
• Bake 350 degrees for 30 minutes or until hot and cooked through.
• Great served over Angel Hair pasta.

SPUDINI BREAD

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
• Chop garlic in a food processor. Add all other ingredients excluding bread and cheese. Slice bread in 3/4-inch slices, not all the way through, leave bottom crust connected.
• Spread each side with butter spread. Place a piece of mozzarella between each slice. Brush top and side of bread with butter spread. Wrap in foil. Bake for 25 to 30 minutes, or until cheese is melted throughout. Open foil, and brown under broiler

MOZZARELLA IN CARROZZA

Steps:

• In a bowl whisk together the egg and the milk and transfer the mixture to a shallow bowl. Put the bread crumbs in another shallow bowl. Spread the bread slices with 1 1/2 teaspoons of the anchovy paste, put 1 slice of the mozzarella on each of 4 bread slices and top the mozzarella with the remaining bread slices, forming sandwiches. Working with 1 sandwich at a time, dip the sandwiches into the egg mixture, letting the excess drip off, and coat them with the bread crumbs. In a large heavy skillet heat the oil and the butter over moderately high heat until the fat is hot but not smoking and in the fat sauté the sandwiches, turning them and gently flattening them with a spatula, for 6 minutes, or until the mozzarella is melted and the bread is golden. Divide the sandwiches between 2 heated plates and keep them warm. To the skillet add the lemon juice, the tomato, the green peppercorns, the remaining 1/4 teaspoon anchovy paste, and salt and black pepper to taste and cook the mixture over high heat, whisking, until it is heated through. Spoon the sauce over the sandwiches and sprinkle the sandwiches with the parsley.

SPUDINI BREAD

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
• Chop garlic in a food processor. Add all other ingredients excluding bread and cheese. Slice bread in 3/4-inch slices, not all the way through, leave bottom crust connected.
• Spread each side with butter spread. Place a piece of mozzarella between each slice. Brush top and side of bread with butter spread. Wrap in foil. Bake for 25 to 30 minutes, or until cheese is melted throughout. Open foil, and brown under broiler

CLASSIC SPIEDINI RECIPE (ITALIAN STYLE KEBABS)

Steps:

• For the Sauce: Add the olive oil and garlic to a medium-size saucepot over low heat and cook for 2 to 3 minutes just until you smell it.
• Add in the crushed tomatoes, lemon juice, and ½ lemon and cook over low heat for 20-30 minutes. Finish with oregano, salt, and pepper.
• For the Spiedini: Add the olive oil to a bowl and set aside. In a separate bowl mix together the breadcrumbs, parmesan cheese, salt, and pepper until combined.
• Taking 1 slice of beef at a time, completely coat it in the olive oil, and then dredge it in the breadcrumbs until coated.
• Roll the beef up and set it aside on a cookie sheet tray. Slice it in half if it's too big.
• To Skewer: Add on some of the breaded beef followed up with a ½ bay leaf, onion, peppers, and loose Italian sausage and repeat until the 12" skewer is full, and then repeat until all of the other skewers are full and all of the ingredients have been used. Set them on a cookie sheet tray.
• Add a small amount of olive oil to a flat top griddle or a large cast-iron skillet over medium heat and sear the skewers, in batches if need be, for 2-4 minutes per side or until browned and cooked throughout.
• Serve the spiedini alongside the amogio sauce and garnish with optional chopped fresh parsley.

SPIEDINI (LIDIA'S) RECIPE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 200 degrees F or lowest setting. Using eight sliced of bread for each, make two layered sandwiches alternating bread and mozzarella. Cut and fit the mozzarella slices as necessary to cover the bread more or less evenly. The cheese shouldn't overhang the bread slices, as the crusts will be trimmed off before cooking. Imagine each sandwich cut into four squares, and place a sturdy wooden skewer through the center of each imaginary square. With a serrated knife, cut off the crust on all four sides, then cut the sandwich into four squares with a skewer at the center of each square. Press gently as you cut, to make nice, compact sandwiches. Repeat with the other sandwich. You now have eight multilayered sandwiches, each on a skewer. Pour enough vegetable oil into a wide, deep skillet - cast iron is perfect - to fill it by 1 1/2 inches. Heat over medium heat until the oil registers 350 degrees F on a deep-frying thermometer. Line a baking sheet with a double thickness of paper towels and set aside. Meanwhile, in a shallow wide bowl, whisk the eggs, milk, salt, and pepper until thoroughly blended. When the oil comes to temperature, dredge each skewered square in the flour, being sure to coat all sides lightly but well. Working with half the floured skewers at a times, dip them in the egg mixture to coat on all sides. Don't soak the bread in the egg, just coat it thoroughly. Let some of the excess egg drip back into the bowl, and gently slip the squares into the oil. Fry, turning as necessary with a pair of long tongs, until golden brow on all sides, about 4 minutes. Drain the sandwiches on the paper-towel-lined pan and place in th