Table of Contents
1 Sullivan Street 11
2 Baking with Sourdough 19
Ingredients 28
Equipment 31
A Baker's Reference 35
3 Making A Starter 41
A simple liquid starter 43
A faster liquid starter 44
Refreshing the starter 47
"Jim's biga" - a stiff starter 51
Making more biga 53
4 Sullivan Street Breads 55
Pane al latte - milk bread 58
Pane di lino - golden flax bread 63
Pizza bianca alia romana, version 1 - Handmade Pizza with Salt and Olive Oil, As Made in Rome 65
Pane toscano - Tuscan bread 71
Pane pugliese - pugliese-style bread 76
Ciabatta - open, airy slipper loaves 85
Pane bianco - simple no-knead white sourdough 89
Truccio saré - whole wheat sourdough 93
Faster truccio - whole wheat sourdough 97
Multigrani - seed and grain bread 99
Hamilton buns -sweet whole wheat 101
Whole wheat pita bread 105
No-knead, naturally leavened brioche - a light and buttery bread 107
"wastED" bread - bread from bread 112
5 Sullivan Street Pizza 115
Pizza bianca alia romana, version 2 118
Capicola - capicola pizza with fermented chile peppers 121
Mele e finocchio - apple-fennel pizza 124
Carota - carrot pizza with Clementines and olives 127
Asparagus pizza 129
6 Breakfast at the Bakery 131
Uovo in coppetta - poached eggs and toast 133
Panini d'uovo -egg sandwiches 138
Tortino di crusca - bran and blackberry muffins 140
Torta d'olio d'oliva - orange olive-oil cake 142
Oianda - banana chocolate-chip cake 145
Spirali di cannella - cardamom cinnamon buns 147
Chocolate swirl brioche loaf 150
Bomboloni - Italian doughnuts 153
Crema pasticcera - vanilla pastry cream 156
Cornetti - no-knead sourdough croissants 157
Budino di mele e pane - apple bread pudding 160
7 Slow-Cooking and Roasting 163
Pasilla agresivo - chili 165
Pasta al forno - oven-baked pasta 167
I'amico di polio - Roasted Japanese Turnips 170
Le patate arrosto al aglio - garlic roast potatoes 171
Polio arrosto - roast chicken 172
Punta di petto di tè - brisket braised in black tea 174
Roast beef with smoked paprika 179
8 Sandwiches, Salads, and Condiments 181
Sandwiches 182
Panini di ceci - chickpea fritter and tahini sandwiches 183
Panini di polio postmoderno - chicken, avocado, and kimchi sandwiches 185
Tramezzini di polio - chicken club sandwiches 187
Panini di petto - braised brisket sandwiches with slaw 188
Panini di manzo - roast beef sandwiches with spicy mayo 190
Salads and Condiments 191
Apple-celery salad 193
Tomato and arugula salad 194
Quick-pickled red onions 195
Quick-pickled fennel 196
Original mustard - lacto-fermented mustard 197
Lacto-fermented chile peppers - natural Sriracha 198
Cetrioli - Lacto-Fermented Cucumber Pickles 200
Pomodori secchi al forno - oven-dried tomatoes 201
9 Dolci 203
Scozzese-shortbread cookies 205
Caprino - Goat Cheese and Rhubarb Cookies 207
Ossi di morti -bones of the dead 208
Colpa degno - Flourless Triple-Chocolate Cookies 211
Ciambella - ring cake 212
Crostata integrali -Tart Crust with Whole wheat 215
Crostata di marmalata - quick tart with marmalade or jam 216
Crostata di ricotta - tart with ricotta, orange, and chocolate chips 218
Pinolata - pine nut and custard pie 220
Focaccia fiorentina - brioche with Cream 223
Panettone -a grand bread 225
Resources 230
Acknowledgments 231
Index 232