Olive Oil Quick Bread With Pancetta, Dates and Goat Cheese

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By Cathy Barrow

In this savory loaf with dates and goat cheese, cornmeal blends with flour for a crumbly, sandy texture that slices beautifully. Omit the pancetta for a vegetarian-friendly version.

Make definite the pieces of goat cheese, dates and pancetta are each pea-size and good distributed passim the batter. Use a sweet, aureate olive oil, the much buttery the better; bitter, greenish oils are excessively beardown for this bread. You'll request an 8 1/2- by 4 1/2-inch loaf pan.

From cookbook writer Cathy Barrow.

Ingredients

measuring cup

Servings: 10 (makes 1 8 1/2-by 4 1/2-inch loaf)

3 ounces pancetta, chopped into pea-size pieces (1/4 cup; spot headnote)
1/2 mean onion, minced (1/2 cup)
1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1/2 cupful cornmeal
2 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 spoon kosher salt
12 pitted dates, chopped into pea-size pieces (about 1 cup)
2 teaspoons minced caller parsley
1 spoon minced caller rosemary leaves
2 teaspoons minced caller chives
3/4 cupful extra-virgin olive lipid (see headnote)
1/2 cupful full milk
3 ample eggs
About 3 ounces (1/3 cup) caller goat cheese, crumbled into pea-size pieces

Nutritional Facts

Per serving

Calories
370
Fat
24 g
Saturated Fat
6 g
Carbohydrates
32 g
Sodium
270 mg
Cholesterol
70 mg
Protein
8 g
Fiber
2 g
Sugar
13 g

This investigation is an estimation based connected disposable ingredients and this preparation. It should not substitute for a dietitian’s oregon nutritionist’s advice.

From cookbook writer Cathy Barrow.

Tested by Cathy Barrow and Bonnie S. Benwick.

Published January 30, 2019

Updated March 16, 2026