Schiacciata Bread

Schiacciata (pronounced skee-ah-cha-tah) means “squashed” or “flattened” in Italian. Schiacciata bread is a classic flat bread from Tuscany, and this Tuscan flat bread can be made in a variety of ways. It can be made with roasted grapes on top. It can be stuffed with vegetables and meat, and it can also be topped with olive oil, sea salt, and fresh herbs. I topped mine with olive oil, sliced tomatoes, roasted garlic, rosemary, and sea salt.

The recipe I’m using for this bread comes from a wonderful book I bought some years ago. I want to eventually try every recipe in it.

Schiacciata Bread (Adapted from: “Bread: the breads of the world and how to bake them at home” by Christine Ingram and Jennie Shapter. See page 184 for the their schiacciata bread recipe)

Here’s a picture of my roasted garlic after it finished roasting in the oven. I added the garlic, tomatoes, and seasonings to the top of the bread, and it sure tasted great!

Here’s what the bread looked like before I cut it:

As you can see, you’re going to end up with a very large flat bread that you can enjoy with a meal, or if you’re like us, you can simply make the bread your meal. We had it for breakfast yesterday, and we ate all but the five pieces you see in the first photo. I know…I know…that’s a LOT of bread! What can I say? We were starving since we had been awake about 5 hours before eating our first meal of the day. And besides that, Kemal is a serious bread eater! He loves bread more than anything else…well except me, of course.