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Saucipain

Name: Saucipain
Prep time: 3 h 51 min
Cook time: 35 min
Total time: 4 h 26 min
Yield: 13 saucipans
Cuisine: French
Ingredients: 500 g dry sausage or salami; 120 g pistachios; 1 kg flour; 200 g leaven; 30 g yeast; 9 g salt; 650 ml red wine

Saucipain (or sausage bread) is a kind of savoury baguette. The dough contains small dice of dry-cured sausage or salami and is mixed with red wine instead of water.

Served sliced in rounds, it makes a typically French aperitif snack.

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Duration

4 hours 30 min.

Difficulty

Easy

Last modified on: October 28^th 2026

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For 13 saucipans, you will need:

1 500 g dry sausage or salami
2 120 g pistachios
3 1 kg flour
4 200 g leaven
5 30 g yeast
6 9 g salt
7 650 ml red wine
Total weight: 2,510 grams

Times for this recipe

Preparation

35 min.

Resting

3 hours 20 min.

Cooking

35 min.

All in all

4 hours 30 min.

Preparation 35 min.

Resting 3 hours 20 min.

Cooking 35 min.

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Step by step recipe

Step 1 - ⌛ 15 min.

Remove the skin from 500 g dry sausage or salami and dice small.

Step 2 - ⌛ 15 min.

Spread 120 g pistachios on a baking sheet and toast for 15 minutes in the oven at 300°F (150°C).

Step 3 - ⌛ 5 min.

Put into a food-processor bowl: 1 kg flour, 200 g leaven, 30 g yeast and 9 g salt.

Step 4 - ⌛ 15 min.

Start kneading on minimum speed, then pour in 650 ml red wine.

Knead for 3 minutes like this, then on speed "1" for a further 8 minutes. When the dough temperature reaches 75°F (24°C, it is ready).

Note: For the best way to knead, see: A few tips for effective kneading at home.

Step 5 - ⌛ 1 hour

Once the dough is made, go back to minimum speed and tip in the diced sausage and pistachios.

Gather the dough (you will notice it is a strange pinky-mauve colour) into a ball and put into a clean bowl. Cover with a sheet of plastic and leave for 1 hour.

Step 6 - ⌛ 20 min.

After this time, divide the dough into 200 g pieces. Roll these into balls and leave covered with a sheet of plastic to rest for 20 minutes.

Step 7 - ⌛ 2 hours

After this time, press the balls flat, then shape them into thin baguettes or "ficelles", as shown in this short video.

Leave the saucipains covered with a sheet of plastic to rest for 2 hours.

Step 8 - ⌛ 20 min.

Preheat the oven to 460°F (240°C) and bake the saucipains for about 20 minutes until nicely browned.

Note: As when baking any bread, you should ensure that the oven is filled with steam for the first 15 minutes of baking. This page shows you how; it really is the secret of golden-brown, crusty loaves..

Remarks

If you don't have salami, use any cooked sausage you like.

Keeping: A few days in a cloth bag.

Source: Home made.

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Nutritional information

	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats	Calories	Energy
Per 100 g	9 g RDI=14 %	41 g RDI=15 %	3 g RDI=4 %	250 kcal RDI=13 %	1,048 kJ RDI=13 %
Per saucipans	18 g RDI=28 %	79 g RDI=30 %	6 g RDI=8 %	483 kcal RDI=24 %	2,022 kJ RDI=24 %
Whole recipe	235 g RDI=361 %	1,023 g RDI=386 %	78 g RDI=107 %	6,278 kcal RDI=314 %	26,283 kJ RDI=314 %