My entry kinda came about by surprise, even to me! I knew I wanted to participate, and I knew I wanted to make and serve it in a bread bowl. We had recently made cheddar and broccoli soup so that was out. So Saturday, February 17th rolls around, hhhmmm... running out of time. Looking online, pictures of soup, recipes for soup... nothing grabs my attention. Suddenly I thought... look up pizza soup, cuz that's not a thing. Well, I'll be darned... it's a thing! Next, find a recipe for the bread bowls, as I've never made these before. I'll post the recipes at the end. The bread bowl recipe I followed, the pizza soup was a guideline.
So get all the ingredients mixed up, in an oiled bowl to rise... love this part!
Punch down, then form into balls
Let rise again
Sprinkled three with Italian seasoning, cuz, why not. Brushed them with an egg wash beforehand and into a 400 degree oven, 25 to 30 minutes.
Not bad for a first try!
Being as I wasn't prepared, I had to run to the grocery store while the bread bowls were rising as it was almost 7:30 pm and our local small town store closes at 8 and I didn't have all the ingredients. Bread bowls came out of the oven at 9:18 pm.
Time for soup.
My ingredients I used...
1/2 lb homemade Italian sausage
1/2 lb hamburger
Bacon ends and pieces (previously fried)
6 oz Hormel Pepperoni
1/2 yellow onion
Baby Bella mushrooms
Minced garlic
1/4 tsp salt & pepper each
1 tsp oregano
Crushed red pepper flakes
15 oz diced tomatoes - not drained
15 oz can tomato sauce
5 cups chicken or beef broth ( I used 1 cup beef, & 4 cups chicken)
1/4 cup chopped fresh basil leaves
1/3 cup grated parmesan cheese
Little oil in pot, then onions, mushrooms, and minced garlic in to soften.
The amount of mushrooms I used to give an idea... use more or less to your liking.
Next, in goes the hamburger and sweet Italian sausage to be browned. Once that's browned add in the diced pepperoni and rest of the ingredients except the basil and parmesan cheese. Bring the soup to a gentle boil then reduce heat and simmer to thicken. Add the basil and parmesan cheese now and stir in.
Didn't take any pics but I took one of my breadbowls and sliced up, and made crostini to serve with my soup.
Cut the lid off the bread bowl, dig out the insides ( some poor guy has to eat this... poor me!). Filled the bowls with soup, top with fresh mozzarella and cheddar cheese and place under broiler to melt the cheese... and hopefully not burn the bread bowls!
Finally, ask your loving wife to make your needed soup codeword out of the last 4 slices of pepperoni!
One more pic of several that were taken to get the best one!
Couple messy pics while eating... ended up with bread rings as I ate the bottoms out of the bowls... but thick enough soup to not leak all over.
Not near as elegant as some of the entries but was darn fun making and even better eating! And would be very easy to customize to your own tastes! Now if someone could make a bread bowl with the consistency of a deep dish or pan pizza... well I think that would be awesome!
As stated, the recipes I went off of...
If ya decide to make it, post up your results... I loved it!
Ryan
So get all the ingredients mixed up, in an oiled bowl to rise... love this part!
Punch down, then form into balls
Let rise again
Sprinkled three with Italian seasoning, cuz, why not. Brushed them with an egg wash beforehand and into a 400 degree oven, 25 to 30 minutes.
Not bad for a first try!
Being as I wasn't prepared, I had to run to the grocery store while the bread bowls were rising as it was almost 7:30 pm and our local small town store closes at 8 and I didn't have all the ingredients. Bread bowls came out of the oven at 9:18 pm.
Time for soup.
My ingredients I used...
1/2 lb homemade Italian sausage
1/2 lb hamburger
Bacon ends and pieces (previously fried)
6 oz Hormel Pepperoni
1/2 yellow onion
Baby Bella mushrooms
Minced garlic
1/4 tsp salt & pepper each
1 tsp oregano
Crushed red pepper flakes
15 oz diced tomatoes - not drained
15 oz can tomato sauce
5 cups chicken or beef broth ( I used 1 cup beef, & 4 cups chicken)
1/4 cup chopped fresh basil leaves
1/3 cup grated parmesan cheese
Little oil in pot, then onions, mushrooms, and minced garlic in to soften.
The amount of mushrooms I used to give an idea... use more or less to your liking.
Next, in goes the hamburger and sweet Italian sausage to be browned. Once that's browned add in the diced pepperoni and rest of the ingredients except the basil and parmesan cheese. Bring the soup to a gentle boil then reduce heat and simmer to thicken. Add the basil and parmesan cheese now and stir in.
Didn't take any pics but I took one of my breadbowls and sliced up, and made crostini to serve with my soup.
Cut the lid off the bread bowl, dig out the insides ( some poor guy has to eat this... poor me!). Filled the bowls with soup, top with fresh mozzarella and cheddar cheese and place under broiler to melt the cheese... and hopefully not burn the bread bowls!
Finally, ask your loving wife to make your needed soup codeword out of the last 4 slices of pepperoni!
One more pic of several that were taken to get the best one!
Couple messy pics while eating... ended up with bread rings as I ate the bottoms out of the bowls... but thick enough soup to not leak all over.
Not near as elegant as some of the entries but was darn fun making and even better eating! And would be very easy to customize to your own tastes! Now if someone could make a bread bowl with the consistency of a deep dish or pan pizza... well I think that would be awesome!
As stated, the recipes I went off of...
If ya decide to make it, post up your results... I loved it!
Ryan
