Homemade Italian Bread
Ingredients
All purpose flour: 50 g, all-purpose variety
25 g
Yeast: 2 g, Fresh
All purpose flour: 300 g, all-purpose variety
130 g
Yeast: 10 g
Lard: 15 g
Extra virgin olive oil: 15 g Nugan Estate kind
Salt: 5 g
How to make homemade Italian bread? Simili sisters teach all the secrets to make traditional Italian bread at home: follow this easy recipe for homemade bread.
The Simili sisters teach us all the secrets to make traditional Italian bread at home: follow this easy step-by-step recipe.
Method
Make a well with the flour and place the water in the center, mixing the yeast.
Start adding the flour slowly, then knead the dough briefly.
Let it rest overnight for 8 to 10 hours.
Make the well of flour and in the middle add the yeast. Break the starter into small pieces and add the water at the top of it.
Working with the point of your fingers crumble the starter and all the other ingredients in the center, amalgamating it well.
Start adding the flour and finally add the salt.
Knead by beating with the rolling pin for 2 minutes until the surface is smooth.
Cut and make the shapes letting it rest for 20 to 40 minutes depending on the shape.
Once the shapes are made, arrange them on a baking sheet and cover with moistened waxed paper that’s been gently squeezed
Let rise for 50 minutes then put in the oven at 220°C, lower the temperature right away to 200°C and bake for 10 minutes, lower the temperature again to 180°C and bake for another 30 minutes or so.
For smaller shapes, reduced the rising and baking times.