The first thing I ever cooked for my boyfriend was salami bread.
When I told him I was going to make salami bread, he made a weird face.
You’re making me salami and bread?
He obviously did not grow up in an Italian house.
Salami bread is one of the simplest things you can make. It’s insanely good. And everyone will eat it and think it’s complicated, because it’s so good.
I know this because we just hosted a happy hour at which this happened.
Yup. A happy hour
In the Itty Bitty City Kitchen.
It’s been a long week. And it’s only Thursday! I swore all day that it was Friday. Today felt like three days happened during the 8 hour work day. Yea. It was that kind of week.
It had been worse for my boyfriend and his coworkers, so we decided a happy hour with some hard drinks and some good food was in order.
The girls brought over watermelon salad (such a great summer staple) and a pasta salad with prosciutto and sun dried tomatoes (maybe they’ll share the recipe).
The guys brought booze.
And since we were hosting, I figured it’d be our (read: my) job to make something warm and substantial.
You want something that’s easy to eat when you have a drink in hand.
Salami bread is perfect for that. It’s also super easy, and something that you can easily make in large quantities even in a small space.
I made 4 loaves for the number of people we had. I’ll give you the steps based on one loaf and then you can double or triple as you need.
- Frozen pizza dough, defrosted
- 1 egg, beaten
- 1/4 pound genoa salami
This requires some thinking ahead as you need to defrost the dough for a few hours. Take it out in the morning and put on a floured plate, covered with a towel.
When you’re ready to make, preheat the oven to 425.
Roll out the dough into a sort of oblong shape.
Pour the beaten egg on the dough, spreading it with the back of a spoon.
Layer on the salami.
Note, make sure you buy good salami. That’s the key here. You only have pizza dough and salami. Make sure both are good quality.
Take one end of the dough (going longways) and start to roll the dough and the salami like a jelly roll.
Place the loaf of rolled dough on a foil-lined cookie sheet.
Repeat as you need.
Bake for 20-25 minutes, depending on the doneness you prefer.
Slice up the loaves, stack on plates and let there be vodka tonics!
