Basic bread

Ingredients

Directions

1. 1

   Dissolve yeast in 400 ml of lukewarm water. Mix flour and salt and add to the yeast water. Add olive oil and knead to a soft dough, first with the dough hook of the hand mixer, then quickly with your hands. Put the dough into a bowl at least twice the size of the original one and, covered with a clean tea towel, leave to rise in a warm place for about 2 hours.

2. 2

   Place the well-risen soft dough on a floured work surface, knead it again with your hands and form it into an elongated strand (30 cm long). Carefully place the dough into a greased, slightly floured box form (11 x 30 cm; 1.7 litres capacity). Cover and leave to rise in a warm place for about 1 hour

3. 3

   Bake bread in the preheated oven (electric cooker: 200 °C/ convection oven: 175 °C/ gas: see manufacturer) on the 2nd rack from below for 35-40 minutes. Remove the bread from the oven, let it cool down a little and turn out of the tin

4. 4

   waiting time approx. 3 hours