How To make Italian Bread
1 tablespoon Sugar
Water 2 teaspoon Salt
Cornmeal 2 package Active dry yeast
1 Egg
5 cup All-purpose flour
Salad oil 1 tablespoon Butter or margarine
(42 min left), (H)elp, More? 1. In large bowl, combine sugar, salt, yeast, and 2 cups flour. In 1-quart saucepan over low heat, heat butter or margarine and 1 3/4 cups water until very warm (120? to 130? F.) (Butter or margarine does not need to melt.) (Actually, I use the microwave for this part -wp-) 2. With mixer at low speed, gradually beat liquid into dry ingredients until just blended. Increase speed to medium; beat 2 minutes, occasionally scraping bowl with rubber spatula.
3. Beat in 1/2 cup flour to make thick batter; continue beating mixture
at medium speed for 2 minutes, scraping bowl often with rubber spatula. With wooden spoon, stir in enough additional flour (about 1 3/4 cups) to make a soft dough.
4. Turn dough onto floured surface; knead until smooth and elastic, (42
min left), (H)elp, More? about 10 minutes, adding flour while kneading.
5. Cut dough in half; cover pieces with bowl; let dough rest for 20
minutes for easier shaping.
6. Grease large cookie sheet; sprinkle cookie sheet with cornmeal.
7. On floured surface with floured rolling pin, roll each half into
15" by 10" rectangle. From 15" side, tightly roll dough,
jelly-roll fashion; pinch seam to seal.
8. Place loaves, seam side down, on cookie sheet and taper ends. Brush
loaves with oil; cover loosely with plastic wrap; Refrigerate 2 to 24 hours.
9. Preheat oven to 425? F. Meanwhile, remove loaves from (42 min left),
(H)elp, More? refrigerator; uncover; let stand 10 minutes. Cut 3 or 4 diagonal slashes on top of each loaf. Bake 20 minutes.
10. In small bowl with fork, beat egg white with 1 tablespoon of water.
Remove loaves from oven; brush with egg-white mixture; return to oven and bake 5 minutes.
Contributed by Wesley ("Ain't no beans in *MY* chili") Pitts
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My Version of DiCamillo's Italian Bread
My siblings asked me to show how I make bread... so here you go.
This recipe makes two medium size loaves.
500g bread flour
325g warm water (65% of the flour mass)
7g instant yeast (1.4%)
10g salt (2%)
15g olive oil (3%)
10 minute knead
3 minute rest
75 minute bowl proof
15 minute rest
Form the loaves, 60 minute bench proof
40 minutes at 400F
I used bromated and bleached flour in the video, but (unbromated) King Arthur bread flour works well too.
How to Make Italian Bread
Warm Italian bread from the oven is nothing short of good old fashioned comfort food!
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Ingredients
1 1/2 tablespoons active dry yeast 2 packets
1/2 cup warm water
1/2 teaspoon granulated sugar
2 cups hot water hot to the touch, not boiling
3 tablespoons granulated sugar
1 tablespoon salt
1/2 cup vegetable oil
5-6 cups all-purpose flour add more if needed to get to a pliable dough
1 large egg white for brushing on loaves
Instructions
Dissolve yeast, 1/2 cup warm water, and 1/2 teaspoon granulated sugar in a small bowl.
In a large bowl or stand mixer, combine 2 cups hot water, 3 tablespoons granulated sugar, salt, and oil. Add 3 cups of flour to the mixture in this large bowl/mixer and mix well. Stir in yeast mixture.
Add 2 – 3 cups more flour and mix until well blended. (At this point your dough will still be quite sticky). Leave in bowl, cover with a towel and let rise for 1 hour. (If using a mixer, remove the bowl from the mixer and cover. Otherwise your paddle attachment or dough hook will get covered in dough when it rises).
Divide dough into 2 (or 3 if you want smaller loaves) pieces. Roll out each piece on a floured surface into the length desired then roll up lengthwise like a jelly roll.
Put on a greased cookie sheet, sealed side down, and tuck the ends under.
Slash the top diagonally across the top every couple of inches with a sharp knife.
Cover and let loaves rise 30 more minutes.
While loaves are rising, preheat oven to 400 degrees Fahrenheit.
Whisk the egg white and brush over the top of loaves.
Bake for 25 – 30 minutes.
Notes
If your dough is still super sticky, you can add small amounts of flour until the dough just comes together.
You can use the packets of active dry yeast available at any grocery store. I bake a lot of bread, so I prefer to by SAF instant yeast in larger packages.
When a bread recipe calls for warm water, the temperature should be around 110 degrees F. If the water is too hot it will kill the yeast, and too cold will delay the rise process.
Use regular white granulated sugar for this recipe.
In a separate step, you'll also use hot water in this recipe. Since you are mixing it with other ingredients before adding the yeast mixture it will be fine. You want hot tap water, not boiling water.
Regular everyday table salt is used, not Kosher or sea salt.
This recipe calls for vegetable oil, but olive oil can also be used.
We are using all-purpose flour, white not wheat, to make this bread.
CIABATTA (Crispy Crust✔️ Silky Open Crumb✔️ Biga ✔️)
If you're into baking bread, knowing how to make great ciabatta is a must. You just can't go wrong with the classic crispy crust and silky open crumb of this loaf. Make it in into a classy sandwich or just eat the whole thing by itself for fun. I won't judge you.
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BIGA
•175g or 3/4c warm water (86F/30C)
•1/4tsp instant yeast
•225g or 1 1/2c AP flour (11.7% protein)
Add water, yeast, and flour into a high sided container and mix until no dry clumps of flour remains. Let ferment at room temp for 6-24 hours.
AUTOLYSE
•180g or 3/4c warm water (86F/30C)
•250g or 2c AP flour (11.7% protein)
Into bowl of a stand mixer fitted with a dough hook, mix your Autolyse (water and flour) on low until combined. Cover with town and let sit for 30 minutes.
FINAL MIX
•40g or 2 3/4Tbsp warm water (86F/30C)
•5g or 2tsp instant yeast
•10g 1 3/4tsp salt
•All of the biga you mixed earlier
For your final mix, add warm water, yeast, salt, and biga to your autolyse and mix on low for 3 minutes. Increase speed to high and mix for 5 more minutes. When dough is mixed enough it should clear the bowl and begin to get shiny.
FERMENTING AND SHAPING
Transfer dough to an oiled bowl. Cover and ferment at room temperature for 30 min. Do strength building fold as shown @3:33. Cover again and let sit at room temp for another 30 minutes. Laminate dough as shown @4:27 (this takes the place of a 2nd stretch and fold). After laminating, transfer back to bowl seam side down, cover and allow to ferment at room temp for 1 hour. Dough should be gassy and alive at this point.
Liberally flour work surface and dough well. Use dough card to release dough from bowl as completely as possible before transferring dough to work surface. Gently pat into a square slab.
Prepare a piece of parchment that's larger than your slab of ciabatta dough by liberally flouring it. Cut dough into two equal rectangles and gently transfer to floured parchment. Cover and proof at room temp for 30 min.
BAKING
Preheat oven to 500F/260c - I also preheat my baking steel/stone on the middle rack and a cast iron pan in the bottom of my oven.
Boil water.
Slide ciabatta onto baking steel and pour boiling water into cast iron pan in the oven. Cover loaves with turkey pan, decrease heat to 480F/248C and bake for 12 min. Remove foil pan and continue to bake for 13-15 minutes until crust is a deep golden brown.
Cool on wire rack.
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