Italian white bread

Name: Italian white bread
Cook time: 2 h 45 min
Total time: 2 h 45 min
Yield: -1
Ingredients: 60 g fresh yeast; 700 g Flour; 1/2 TEASPOON Salt; 7-10 Tbsp Olive oil; 2 TABLESPOONS Flour for dusting

AUTHOR
Shirley Vincent

DIFFICULTY
easy

RATING

COOK TIME
165 mins

TOTAL TIME
165 mins

Ingredients

Servings: -1

60 g fresh yeast
700 g Flour
1/2 TEASPOON Salt
7-10 Tbsp Olive oil
2 TABLESPOONS Flour for dusting

Directions

1
For the breads, crumble yeast and dissolve in 400 ml of lukewarm water. Add flour and salt and knead to a smooth dough. Cut the dough in half, cover and leave to rise in a warm place for about 1 hour
2
Knead the dough halves again and form into longish loaves (approx. 25 cm long). Place them next to each other on an oiled baking tray and let them rise for another 1 hour
3
Brush with some water and dust with flour. Bake the bread in a preheated oven (electric cooker: 200 °C/ convection oven: 175 °C / gas: level 3) for approx. 30 minutes