Bread
Ingredients
- flour | 500g
- water | 32 cl
- salt | 10g
- fresh yeast | 8g
Steps
Mix the salt and the flour together.
Disolve the yeast with a bit of the water.
Add the disolved yeast to the mix.
Add the remaining water.
Mix all the dough ingredients together by hand or with a spatula.
Transfer the dough to the table lightly covered with flour and work it for 10 minutes. The dough should be well moistened and with every ingredients combined. It should be quite elastic as well.
Transfer in a bowl, cover and let it rise for 1/2 hour to 4 hours. It needs to double size.
Press the dough with the knuckle to remove gaz trapped inside. Then transfer back to the table. Divide in two or three pieces and shape each piece.
Place them into a bowl in which a cloth covered with a bit of flour has been placed. Cover and let it rest at room temperature for at least 1/2 hour. But they can also sit in the fridge for up to 3 days.
To cook the bread, preheat the oven at 250.
Put the bread on a baking tray covered with cooking paper. Score the bread with a sharp knife.
Place in the oven and pour boiling water into a baking pan on the bottom oven rack to create some steam. The steam helps for the crust.
Notes
flour |
fresh yeast |
dry yeast |
water |
1 kg |
15 g |
5 g |
650 cl |
- the more the bread stay in the fridge, the tastier it gets.
- that bread does not hold very well. The day after it is already soft.
- 10g of salt feels like the minimum, maybe add more.
- maybe do several fold to see if the bread get more airy.
- 32cl of water was a good amount but maybe try to add a bit more to have a more hydrated dough
- this works well with white flour (tipo 0) but didnt work well with tipo 1, it was too sticky