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Don't let stale bread end up in the trash!

It has happened to all of us that we have so ingrained the idea of ​​going out to buy bread that on returning home we have found several bars. Or we have bought them without thinking if it is necessary for the food that day or for the people who sit at the table, right? To avoid this we are going to tell you what are the best recipes to make with this stale bread.

What to do with stale bread?

If a typical food that is present in all the houses of Spain that is the bread. This custom has reached such an extent that most of us have adapted to our daily routine to spend a special time going to buy it. Many times this habit makes us acquire it without considering if it is needed. What has led to it staying hard and, on many occasions, in the trash. However, years and experience have led to the creation and innovation of many recipes that have the goal to save this stale bread.

Bread crumbs

The way The most traditional way to take advantage of stale bread is to use it to make breadcrumbs. You can do it in two ways, the easiest is to crush it once it is hard. While other people prefer to roast it before to get a perfect result. Even, experts recommend it. Chef Samuel Fernández assures that “You can take advantage of waste heat that the oven leaves once it is turned off. We put the bread that we want to grate, which will be toasted with the heat, and later we grind it”.

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breadcrumbs / source: instagram user @recipesmonsieurcuisine_

croutons

You can follow the same recommendations that the chef has given to make the breadcrumbs. Although, pre-cutting the bread into cubes. In addition, Fernández provides a new alternative: "If we accompany them with a touch of icing sugar we will have some very good sweet croutons".

French Toast (Torrijas)

Torrijas are the most famous option for reusing stale bread. What happens is that your enjoyment time is limited to a special date: Easter. Although, it is true that begins to be consumed weeks before and lasts a few days afterwards. We could also add that it is increasing ways to do it. Well, there are supermarkets that offer a special soft bread for them or even a bimbo bread. However, heThe traditional solution is the best. This is guaranteed by the chef Cristina Arias.

The chef bets on the “white plan, of wheat flour and very hard”. He adds that for the result to be optimal it is necessary that “the bread is correctly infused with the milk and the spices and the flavors are well integrated”.

Crumbs

What do we do with the leftover bread? easy, a few crumbs. If you don't know how, chef Carlos Allué explains it to you. The first thing to do is lightly dip stale bread in beer. At the same time you fry chorizo ​​in olive oil. “In the chorizo ​​oil, without cleaning it, we introduce the bread and we cook it until it is completely discarded and dry. For it You have to be patient and work it with some rods” teaches Allué.

Garlic soup

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garlic soup /source: instagram user @elalquimista_enlacocina

another recipe that requires stale bread is the garlic soup. This has multiple versions, but we are going to focus on the one that chef Fernández gives us. which reports that part of a chicken broth, although it can also be done with water. Once the base is established, he continues “In a frying pan with a splash of olive oil and four cloves of garlic, we laminate, add the stale bread and paprika to taste, which will be cooked with broth”. From now on leave free field to the imagination. Well, you can add ham, chorizo, etc.

As we have seen, there are many solutions to the waste of stale bread. We could add to this list: the drunkard, the brine, onion soup and French toast among many other dishes. Hence the excuses for throwing away excess bread are reduced to zero. What do you do when you have too much bread?

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