Wow PJ, what a beautiful loaf! I'm also Irish & I must have been drawn to this page by the fairies. I'll try this one this weekend. My first job was in an Italian bakery and this was one of my favorites. We used to swap pastries for deli meats with a shop down the street and I still remember the wonderful smell of hot scali, mortadella, salami & provalone sandwiches hot from the oven. No way not to get busted by the owner when he came in to count stales in the afternoon & he always joined us for a bite. Thanks for sharing it.

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