I definitely want to try the ribollita soup—and the others too. Is salt-free bread customary because the soup itself already has salt or because that’s how bread is made in Tuscany? Thanks for what looks to be a great recipe, Frank!
Actually, kind of both. Tuscan bread is traditionally made without salt. There are apocryphal stories about it being iinvented as a way to avoid salt taxes, etc. but the real reason (or so I surmise) is that bread features as an ingredient in many savory Tuscan dishes.
Thank you Frank, I’ll add these to my soup repertoire, I love soup for dinner any time of year.
I definitely want to try the ribollita soup—and the others too. Is salt-free bread customary because the soup itself already has salt or because that’s how bread is made in Tuscany? Thanks for what looks to be a great recipe, Frank!
Actually, kind of both. Tuscan bread is traditionally made without salt. There are apocryphal stories about it being iinvented as a way to avoid salt taxes, etc. but the real reason (or so I surmise) is that bread features as an ingredient in many savory Tuscan dishes.