Basic Bread Dough

Ingredients

1/2 Kg. Of baker’s flour (strong)
25 g. of baker’s pressed yeast, non-chemical.
250 g. of water
5 g. of sugar
10 g. of salt
Plastic wrap

Optional:

  • 2 tbsp. of extra virgin olive oil

Preparation:

  1. Put on the blade guard carefully.
  2. Mix the yeast with the water in the mixing jug at speed 4, 30 degrees, 15 seconds. Optionally, you can add a little olive oil.
  3. Put the dry elements into the jug: the flour, the sugar and the salt. Mix at speed 4, 30 degrees, 2 minutes.
  4. Using the spatula, lower the dough towards the center of the jug and mix again at 4, 30 degrees, 2 minutes. Repeat the operation once more.
  5. Carefully remove the dough from the mixing jug and place it in a large bowl covered with plastic wrap.
  6. Let it ferment in a warm place (between 20 and 40 degrees) for 2 hours.
  7. Remove the dough from the bowl. Shape it into a loaf and place it on baking paper.
  8. Let it rise again for 1 hour.
  9. Bake the bread in the oven with a fan at 250 degrees for 5 minutes and 220 for another 20 minutes.

Tips…

  • Prepare original varieties of bread mixing different types of flour. You can also change the water for milk or beer and the oil for butter.
  • You can add nuts, spices, caramelized onion, bacon or cheese to the bread. Use a maximum of 10% of the weight of the flour.
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