Next, broth (traditionally vegetable broth), beans, and other soft ingredients are added, as well as the pieces of stale bread. The bread can be fairly hard, or slightly on the soft side ...

Ribollita adds stale bread to Italian white beans to create a hearty dish while pappa al pomodoro is a seemingly luxurious ...

Add the beans, mix well, and return to a boil. Boil, uncovered, for 2 to 3 minutes to blend the flavors together. Taste and add more salt if needed. Serve as is, or sprinkle with the Parmesan cheese ...

And while you can certainly repurpose stale bread in a number of ways, you might be wondering: Can you freeze bread to keep it fresh? Long answer short: Yes, you can. But really, you should be ...

Too much heat, exposure to moisture, exposure to air and even staying out for too long can lead to dryness which in turn can cause your bread to go stale. When bread loses moisture it becomes dry.

Bread pudding is our favorite way to turn stale bread into a savory strata or ... which is mixed with vanilla bean–infused milk and chocolate, and served with ice cream. The croissants provide ...

Bread and butter pudding is for using scraps of stale bread and things that are lying ... Slice the vanilla pod/bean in half and scrape the seeds into the egg and cream mixture.