What is the name of an Italian round flat bread with a hole in the middle?

[taurus430]

No I did not. I'm thinking although Italian bakeries sold it, It's not Italian but and Italian/American bread from the Newark area.

I didn't know for a long time that outside of the Newark area, many never heard of Italian style hot dogs. We make them at home now and enjoy them on "pizza bread". Sometimes we can find the pizza bread at an Italian deli.

[lorrie523]

Originally Posted by taurus430

It's normally cut in half and used for sandwiches such as sausage and peppers. I'm looking for a recipe to make this. It looks like a big bagel, about 12" dia. Anybody know?

I am trying to find out the name of it also, I now live in Arizona, Have a cousin visiting from NY she is going to try and get me some and send it to me, It's one of my favorite breads, When I lived in NJ we used to get Italian Hotdogs on this bread

[taurus430]

Originally Posted by lorrie523

I am trying to find out the name of it also, I now live in Arizona, Have a cousin visiting from NY she is going to try and get me some and send it to me, It's one of my favorite breads, When I lived in NJ we used to get Italian Hotdogs on this bread

Yes and we only know it as "pizza bread". I baked ciabatta the other day and my family said it was very similar. My Son suggested baking the ciabatta dough in a round pie pan. I know that 'pizza bread" is enriched like our white bread so I add dry milk powder and olive oil to the dough. Very similar.