Elizabeth from Madison, WI (2017 Week 3: Bread)

Baker

Elizabeth

Location

Madison, WI

Baking Challenge

Savory Plaited Centerpiece

Give your bread a name and tell us about your recipe.

Curd Monsieur Loaf; a white bread loaf stuffed with ham and white cheddar cheese curds.

Would you describe yourself as a rogue baker, or do you strictly adhere to the recipe?

I’m pretty rogue. I tend to have an idea of what I want and hodge podge together elements of different recipes to put together the final creation. This recipe used the bread dough for a pesto-stuffed bread, but the ham and cheese curds were my own twist based on the French croque monsieur, using a plaiting pattern from a sourdough brioche recipe.

Tell us about how you added a Wisconsin twist to your bread creation.

Each strand of the bread is stuffed with real Wisconsin white cheddar cheese curds, the most quintessentially Wisconsin food.

How did you do?

Rocked it.