Some of My Favorite Things: Faicco's Proscuitto (a/k/a Lard) Bread
I'm a huge fan of Chinese char siu bao -baked pork buns. I've sampled them at every bakery in every Chinatown I've been to in North America, not to mention Hong Kong. So when I saw the big puffy mounds of homemade proscuitto bread a/k/a lard bread at Faicco's, my eyes lit up. Though they look more like Momofuku Milk Bar's Volcanos, Faicco's bread is light as air with parmesan cheese baked in and a ring of char siu, I mean minced proscuitto, so you get meat in every bite, the secret to a great pork bun. Grazie mille and xie xie.
By guttergourmet
on Mar 17, 2010 02:24 PM
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Do they bake it?
Otherwise, what is the source?
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I think they bake them at the Brooklyn location and send them (still warm) to Bleecker.
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Do they have it year round?
Do they have other bakery items?
This post just took me by surprise.
If I get around to checking it out, will ask to verify, not that I am doubting you.
Thanks for the info.
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It is the best. I've bought it there and I'm pretty sure the sign said it was from Parisisi, where I have also bought it.
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Now, you are making sense.
Good looking out.
Size/Price if you recall?
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260 Bleecker St., New York, NY 10014
nr. Leroy St.
212-243-1974
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Don't recall the price, but it came in a large bagel-shaped loaf as well as an Italian bread shape. Also available at Parisi, which I mis-spelled above: http://parisibakery.com/our_location....
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I know Faicco's and Parisi, no addresses needed, just not about the lard bread.
Is it a full sized Italian loaf size? Usually, it is found in the smallish round you described. Hoping to find a bigger one. Well, more important that it is good, of course.
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Well I don't think they actually call it lard bread, but prosciutto bread. The Parisi ones are quite large and the very best I have had anywhere.
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I put Faicco's info so you can call to see if they have it and what the price is.
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if you go, stock up on the cold cuts especially the homemade stuff
this place is a treasure
too bad zitos bbakery is gone
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Alleva on Grand Street also sells proscuitto bread, made in a similar way.
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Wonder if it is also from Parisi.
And thanks to City Kid above.
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hmmm this sounds good i'll have to try it soon
this is what you're talking about right? http://www.yelp.com/biz_photos/ADHX7n...
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Oh yeah baby. Like this pic even better.
http://www.yelp.com/biz_photos/ADHX7n...
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looks delicious and unhealthy meaning that it probably is delicious
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You don't mean that lard isn't a health food!? It is absolutely fabulous, the best breakfast with coffee. I do not want to know the calorie/fat count.
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mentally healthy
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if youre ever in caroll gardens the lard bread at mazzola bakery is awesome. so is the spinach and chocolate bread there.
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