Hey everyone, it’s me, Dave, welcome to our recipe page. Today, I will show you a way to prepare a distinctive dish, skye's almost-as-good-as-bakery, crusty italian bread. One of my favorites. This time, I am going to make it a bit tasty. This will be really delicious.
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To get started with this recipe, we must prepare a few ingredients. You can have skye's almost-as-good-as-bakery, crusty italian bread using 8 ingredients and 13 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.
The ingredients needed to make skye's almost-as-good-as-bakery, crusty italian bread:
- Prepare 1 cup warm water heated to 100 degrees F
- Get 2 tbsp olive oil
- Prepare 3 cup bread flour
- Prepare 2 tsp sugar
- Take 1/2 tsp salt
- Take 1 (1/4 oz) pkg active dry yeast
- Prepare 1 cornmeal (for sprinkling on pan)
- Take 1 egg white beaten (for brushing the top of bread)
And many readers tell me this is the best Italian bread recipe they've tried. If you want really crusty bread, great for dipping in olive oil or marinara sauce, place a pan of water in the bottom of the oven. It will also make the crust crisper. Don't put the loaves near the top.
Instructions to make skye's almost-as-good-as-bakery, crusty italian bread:
- lightly spoon flour into measuring cup and level off.
- in a large bowl, combine flour, sugar, salt, and yeast. mix well.
- add warm water and oil. mix well. at this point I let the dough rest for about 10 minutes.
- turn dough out onto a lightly floured surface. knead dough 10 minutes or until soft and smooth.
- place dough in a lightly greased bowl. cover with plastic wrap and cloth towel. let rise in a warm place until doubled. usually anywhere from 40 minutes to 1 1/2 hours.
- sprinkle ungreased cookie sheet with cornmeal.
- turn out dough and punch it down. cover dough with inverted bowl and allow to rest on counter for 15 minutes.
- shape dough into baguette-shaped loaf about 12 inches long. place on cornmeal-coated cookie sheet. cover and let rise in warm place for 30 - 45 minutes ot until doubled in size.
- pre-heat oven to 350°F
- with a very sharp knife, make 1 deep lengthwise slash down center of the top of the loaf. brush loaf with egg white.
- bake for 25 - 35 minutes or until loaf sounds hollow when tapped lightly.
- make sure to stop and enjoy the touch and feel of the dough… and smells coming from your oven and filling your kitchen from baking your own bread
- allow loaf to cool. .. slice it up… and enjoy
The dough reminded me of another bread recipe I have used for "crusty bread". So I turned it out into a floured counter, put more flour on top and covered with same towel. Made by hand, with active dry instant yeast, flour and water and baked on a hot pizza stone. Not only culinary differences, but cultural and social differences as well, which continue to hold strong, even in this globalized world. This homemade Italian bread recipe has a delightfully crusty texture and farm fresh herb seasoning.
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