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These sausage, ham, and cheese loaves are a hearty, traditional Portuguese bread, that is made with presunto, chouriço, and semi-firm sheep’s milk cheese

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These sausage, ham, and cheese loaves are a hearty, traditional Portuguese bread, that is made with presunto, chouriço, and semi-firm sheep’s milk cheese

They can also be made into rolls. From | The New Portuguese Table | Clarkson Potter, 2009 Every Saturday when I was growing up, my mother would go to the local Portuguese bakery and buy a dozen chouriço rolls—torpedo-shaped logs stuffed with sausage. By Monday, they would be gone, mostly due to me. To dress up my childhood classic, I added presunto and cheese, and sometimes sautéed onions and garlic, to the dough. And I form the rolls into round loaves because I think they look more elegant on the table.–David Leite Portuguese Sausage, Ham, and Cheese Loaves Quick Glance...

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Making your own whole wheat pizza dough from scratch is easier than you think! A mix of flours, olive oil, and a touch of maple will give you the perfect crispy, tender, and flavorful crust that works with just about any pizza recipe.

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Making your own whole wheat pizza dough from scratch is easier than you think! A mix of flours, olive oil, and a touch of maple will give you the perfect crispy, tender, and flavorful crust that works with just about any pizza recipe.

You would never know this pizza dough was whole wheat! That’s partly because I cheated. I used half whole wheat flour. Does that make this half wheat pizza dough? No, it doesn’t. The “whole” in whole wheat refers to the use of the whole grain in the flour, as opposed to flour in which part of the grain has been removed, as is the case with white or all-purpose flour. In addition to whole wheat pastry flour, I used bread flour in my whole wheat pizza dough — that’s the non-whole wheat half. Let’s talk about why I chose each...

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