Italian Bread Baked with Olive Oil and Oregano (Pane Originato)

kept bySally_Maraventano
recipe bySally Maraventano

Notes:

Grandpa Tony prepared this baked bread often, especially for a meal featuring a vegetable frittata and a fresh tomato salad. It is fine made with a good loaf of Italian bakery bread, and even better with a homemade loaf. Sicilian semolina bread is especially delicious prepared in this way. (Recipe from Festa del Giardino by Sally Maraventano)

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Ingredients

1 loaf of Italian bread, preferably topped with sesame seeds and split in half lengthwise
¼ cup of extra-virgin olive oil
2 teaspoons of dried oregano
a pinch of salt and a few grindings of freshly ground pepper