Caramelized Onion Gouda Casatiello is a soft and dreamy adaption of an Italian Brioche. This loaf is loaded with flavor from bits of caramelized onion and gouda cheese.
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One of the great things about this time of year is with the cooler weather I just love firing up my oven. I love to bake, and I especially love to bake bread. So when this month’s BreadBaker Host blog: Karen’s Kitchen Stories stated the theme was root vegetables, I had a heck of a time deciding what to make. This Caramelized Onion Gouda Casatiello was a great choice!
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I’ve never heard of Casatiello. I read that it is an Italian version of a Brioche. It traditionally contains meats such as salami and flavorful cheeses and baked in paper bags or a Panettone mold.
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The last time I shopped at one of the large membership stores I bought a big bag of onions that I couldn’t finish so decided to caramelize them…in the crockpot! I had those caramelized onions in my freezer and this bread was the perfect time to use them.
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I baked this bread in a tall-sided 8-inch cake pan. The recipe said I could use a 9×5 loaf pan or brown paper bags put in large enough coffee cans to hold it.
My bread had such a beautiful rise that I could have probably put it in a 9-inch cake pan. There is no way it would have worked in a 9×5 loaf pan. This baby rose like it was on steroids.
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The second raise said to let it rise until it reached the top of off the pan, about 90 minutes. I think it took only 45 minutes and she was peaking over the top. Do you get as excited about dough performance as I do? Sorry folks, I’m a self-proclaimed bread nerd.
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This bread tasted so warm, savory and delicious. My biggest problem was cutting this slice before my bread was cooled so I mutilated it a bit but I just couldn’t wait to dive in.
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The right supplies will make your bread baking success a surer thing. In this recipe. I used 8″x3″ round cake pan and my favorite instant-read thermometer.
One of the things that I love is looking at all of the wonderful recipes that all of the other #BreadBaker participants bring!
- Caramelized Onion Cheddar Bread from Hezzi-D’s Cooks and Books
- Caramelized Onion Gouda Casatiello from Hostess at Heart
- Carrot Spiced and Teff Bread from kidsandchic
- Garlic and Herb Wreath Bread from Herbivore Cucina
- Ginger Sweet Rolls from Passion Kneaded
- Potato Dinner Rolls from Cook’s Hideout
- Pull Apart Onion Bread from A Day in the Life on the Farm
- Rustic Parsnip Bread from Food Lust People Love
- Sourdough Onion Pockets from Karen’s Kitchen Stories
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#BreadBakers is a group of bread loving bakers who get together once a month to bake bread with a common ingredient or theme. Follow our Pinterest board right here. Links are also updated each month on this home page.
We take turns hosting each month and choosing the theme/ingredient.
If you are a food blogger and would like to join us, just send Stacy an email with your blog URL to [email protected].
I love this Bread Bakers Group. Here are a few of my other Recipes!
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Tuesday 26th of May 2020
I love the combination of cheese and bread. We have done this one several times.,
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Pavani
Thursday 17th of November 2016
Wow, what an amazing bread. LOVE the caramelized onions and gouda in there. Ya, I do a happy dance when I see my bread starts to rise like that :-)
Julie Menghini
Thursday 17th of November 2016
Thank you Pavani!