Do you know what YO YO Bread is?
Hi all, I've been searching for a recipe for many years and was hoping you could help.
I grew up in Bensonhurst, and there was a local grocery store there called Aiello's. Over near the deli counter, they had a store-made bread that I can only remember as "Yo Yo Bread," though as I was pretty young, it may have had another name. This would have been circa 1986-1992.
It was a round loaf with a hole in the middle (as if cooked in a tube pan.) The bread itself tasted fried, though I suspect it was simply baked in a pan with a ton of olive oil.
Inside the bread were little chunks of ham, or maybe prosciutto or salami...maybe all three?
It is definitely not "lard bread," though I do love that too.
Is any one familiar with this bread? Specifically, I'm hoping to find a recipe for it so I can replicate it this Christmas.
Thank you so much!
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I know what it is. I can't help with the recipe but I think Faicco's on 11th Avenue might have it. You can also try Mazzola's on Henry and Union Streets. Good luck and Merry Christmas!
Gio, thanks! I'll see if that helps my search at all. the reason I was looking for a recipe is because I no longer live in NY, but having these two new names may help.
Thanks again, and Merry Christmas!
I will ask my cousin if she has a recipe and get back to you if she does.
I'm very curious about this bread too, sounds delicious. If you find out the official name for it or the recipe please post it! =P~
I just put a post on my Facebook page. Hopefully someone will have some information.
http://ricette.giallozafferano.it/Ciambella-salata-ai-formaggi-e-pancetta.html
Man, every time someone replies to this thread I am reminded just how much I've wanted to try this bread. Here we are, 2 years later, and I still haven't seen it around. Why did it go extinct? It sounds amazing.
Whatever happened to the owners of Aiellos? Is there another market somewhere?
The prosciutto balls luckily I can replicate pretty well, but the Yo-Yo bread is something I haven't been able to find a recipe for. One of these days I'm going to experiment with it.