Description
a very sexy bread made with only 4 basic ingredients
Ingredients
Scale
- 500g (17.63oz) unbleached bread flour
- 350ml (350g or 12.34oz) water at room temperature
- 1½ teaspoons (4g or 0.14oz) instant dried yeast
- 1½ teaspoons (8g or 0.28oz) fine sea salt
Instructions
- In a mixing bowl, whisk together the flour and the yeast. Add the salt and water. With a wooden spoon combine ingredients until it just comes together. Scrape the mixture onto a lightly floured board and knead the dough until the gluten is fully developed (approx 20 minutes – try not to add more flour). Place the dough into a lightly oiled mixing bowl and allow to rise for an hour in a warm, draft-free place.
- Preheat the oven to 230°C (450°F).
- When the dough has risen to double its size gently push it out to a 6×12 inch rectangle. Brush the top of the dough with some water and dust with some flour. Fold the dough over to make 6×5 inch rectangle leaving 2 inches. Brush the 2 inches with water and fold it back over the dough and seal. Layout a clean tea towl and dust it generously with flour. Lay the dough – seam side down – on the tea towel. Loosely wrap the dough with the tea towel and leave to rise for 30 mintues.
- Unwrap the dough and with a sharp knife divide the dough into approx 6 pieces. Lay the pieces back onto the tea towel, wrap it back up and allow to rise again for another 30 minutes.
- Bake the bread for 12-15 minutes. Cool on a wire rack.
- Prep Time: 2 hours
- Cook Time: 15 mins