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February 9, 2011 - 8:37pm
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dorothydean

Recipe for or thoughts on Italian chestnut flour and potato bread (Casola Marocca)?

I'm searching for a recipe for a bread described on the "Ark of Taste" section of the Slow Food web site--an amazing-sounding bread made with chestnut flour, wheat flour, and a little bit of potato, with milk and olive oil. The bread is called Casola Marocca. I've also seen it online as Marocca di Casole.


http://www.slowfoodfoundation.org/eng/arca/dettaglio.lasso?cod=496&prs=PR_037 [1]


I can't find a recipe, even in Italian. I'm wondering if anyone has one or has any advice on where to look, and/or, if this general description from the Slow Food site suggests any particular proportions that might work. 


thanks for reading--any help hugely appreciated! 


here's the descrip from the site: 


The bread is made by mixing finely sieved chestnut flour with wheat flour and a couple of boiled mashed potatoes, which give it its spongy texture. Extra virgin olive oil, yeast dissolved in milk, a piece of culture yeast and water are then added. The dough is broken into round, 20 cm loaves which are left to rise for over 1 hour. After baking them for at least 1 hour in the wood oven - at a lower temperature than the one used for common bread - the dark brown bread, with an intense chestnut smell and a pleasant sweet note, is ready for consumption.


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Links:
[1] http://www.slowfoodfoundation.org/eng/arca/dettaglio.lasso?cod=496&prs=PR_037