Hey everyone, it is me again, Dan, welcome to our recipe site. Today, we’re going to prepare a distinctive dish, basic italian bread. It is one of my favorites food recipes. This time, I’m gonna make it a bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
Basic Italian Bread is one of the most favored of current trending foods on earth. It is easy, it is quick, it tastes delicious. It’s appreciated by millions every day. They’re nice and they look fantastic. Basic Italian Bread is something that I’ve loved my entire life.
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To get started with this particular recipe, we have to prepare a few components. You can have basic italian bread using 5 ingredients and 15 steps. Here is how you cook it.
The ingredients needed to make Basic Italian Bread:
- Prepare 1 1/2 cup warm water, around 100f, no higher than 115f
- Get 1 Tbs active dry yeast
- Get 2 tsp Kosher Salt
- Take 1 1/2 Tbs olive oil
- Take 500 g AP White Flour, about 3 1/2 Cups
After the bread is baked allow it to cool on the pan for a few minutes before transferring it to a wire rack to cool completely. Now slice into that yummy easy basic Italian bread. Can this bread dough be used as a pizza dough? Use a pastry brush to gently, apply egg wash to the top of each loaf of bread.
Steps to make Basic Italian Bread:
- Add water to a stand mixer with a dough hook, the yeast, sugar, and salt. Let sit for the yeast to soften or foam. I usually just mix it in the dry ingredients as I've never had yeast fail. That was in the old days with the yeast cubes that some still use.
- Add 350g (flour 2 1/2 cups) flour and mix at medium speed for 2 minutes.
- Reduce speed and add 150g (1 cup) flour a little at a time.
- Adjust flourer for a soft dough that doesn't stick to the bowl.
- Remove and form into a ball, put into a large greased bowl, cover with plastic wrap and allow to rise until double, about an hour.
- At this point, I cut the dough in half, wrap in greased plastic and freeze for another time. I use the other half for todays bread.
- For a full recipe, cut the dough in half and form each into two loaves.
- Either put them on parchment paper on a peel or sprinkle cornmeal on a cookie sheet. Or, if you're brave, sprinkle the peel with cornmeal to slide the dough.
- If using a stone, preheat the oven to 375f for 45 minutes.
- Cover and allow to rise until about double.
- Without a stone: Preheat the oven to 400f about 15 minutes before baking.
- Make 3-4 shallow slits in the top of the dough with a serated knife or razor blade. This keeps it from splitting when cooked.
- On a stone: Gently slide the dough onto the stone and bake for 40 minutes until lightly brown and hollow sounding.
- Without a stone: Put the pan in the oven and bake for 20-25 minutes until lightly brown and hollow sounding.
- Cool on a rack and serve or wrap in plastic rap.
Can this bread dough be used as a pizza dough? Use a pastry brush to gently, apply egg wash to the top of each loaf of bread. Lightly beat the egg white and cold water in a small bowl to create an egg wash. This step is key for a traditional Italian bread. Basic Italian Bread This is my method of making good, crusty Italian bread.
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