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Here I am presenting to you one of the yummiest breads out there: the French fougasse! <\/em>Ok, I must admit that I have been very generous with bread recipes in my two years of blogging. I can’t help it. Bread is a starter’s or tapas’ best friend! And it’s my<\/em> best friend, too. No doubts about that. That is one of the main reasons why I always love to have a piece of good bread at home. And now imagine the wonderful smell when it comes right out of the oven, being amplified by Mediterranean herbs such as rosemary, thyme and oregano. Indescribable! It takes me back to our recent trip to beautiful Provence<\/a><\/span>..<\/span><\/p>\n

Fougasse<\/em> could be considered as the French version of the Italian focaccia<\/a> <\/em><\/span>given their similarities. It comes in different varieties. On top of the herbs, I chose to add an alternative to the French lardon<\/em> – bacon or larding fat. I still had some capocollo<\/em> left from Italy –  an Italian pork cold cut – which can also be simply replaced by pancetta<\/em>, or bacon. Again, this is not a must. Feel free to go for the meat-free version. As you prefer. In case you are wondering what to eat it with, here are some tasty ideas! You can either start off with this tomato salad<\/a><\/span>, or these grilled eggplants<\/a><\/span>. For the olive addicts like me, you can go for even more olives with this<\/a><\/span> paste. And what about some good French cheese? Or ricotta<\/a><\/span>? <\/p>\n

Get ready to spoil your senses with these wonderful flavors!<\/p>\n

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