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7 Foods That Are Even Better in a Bread Bowl

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Bread bowls might be best known for holding soup, but there's no reason they have to be limited to that.

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Beyond Soup

Bread bowls may conjure up memories of lackluster servings of broccoli-cheddar soup or clam chowder, but bread has been used for centuries as a vehicle for eating other savory foods. Here are seven dishes made even more amazing by being served in a bread bowl.

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Smoked Salmon cream cheese inside a bread bowl
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Bowl Over Your Brunch

Hollow out a loaf of pumpernickel bread and use it as a vessel for cream cheese whipped with smoked salmon. Finish with tomatoes, capers and diced tomatoes.

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Carb Loading?

Load creamy mashed potatoes laced with cheddar and studded with crispy bacon and chopped scallions into a sourdough bread bowl, and go to town.

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If You Love Deviled Eggs ...

... but hate deviling them, chop hard-boiled eggs, whites and all, then fold with a dressing of mustard, mayo, paprika and chopped gherkins. Stuff into a buttery, soft loaf and serve with celery sticks for scooping.

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OBAZDA is a barvarian cheese dip, served in a bread bowl.
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A Bavarian Delicacy

The classic Oktoberfest cheese spread obatzda would do just fine inside a pretzel roll: Blend together soft cheese (like Brie) with a little butter, paprika and a splash of beer, then fill, dip and eat.

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Bread bowl filled with pizza sauce cheese and topped with pepperoni
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Nothing Beats Pizza

Except maybe pizza dip in a bread bowl. Fill an Italian loaf (if you live in a place where you can get prosciutto bread, so much the better) with tomato sauce and dollops of ricotta. Top with shredded mozzarella and chopped pepperoni and bake till bubbly.

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Bacon egg and cheese inside a kaiser roll for breakfast
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New-School S.E.C.

Move the classic deli breakfast into a bowl: Scoop out the inside of a kaiser roll, scatter cooked breakfast sausage in the well, then crack an egg on top and finish with a slice of American cheese. Bake till the egg’s cooked, and eat with “saltpepperketchup.”

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Chick Pea South African Curry served in a bread bowl
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Leftover Curry

Take a cue from South Africa, where curry in a bread bowl is called “bunny chow,” and fill a square Pullman loaf of white bread with lamb, chicken or veggie curry.

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