Italian bread. Angelic Bakehouse makes the best tasting sprouted whole grain bread. Great with arugula and soft cheese (Squacquerone is the one typically used) or cold cuts and a glass of Sangiovese Superiore di Romagna from Forli'. A fairly simple white bread, similar to French bread and Italian bread, but has a slightly different baking method and ingredient list.
The recipe makes three loaves, so you can freeze what you cannot use or give them away to your friends. In a large bowl or bowl of a stand mixer, combine yeast, sugar and warm water. The olive oil in the recipe gives it a wonderful flavor. You can cook Italian bread using 8 ingredients and 10 steps. Here is how you achieve that.
Ingredients of Italian bread
- Prepare 1 cup of 100-110 deg F water.
- Prepare 2 tbsp of olive oil.
- Prepare 3 cup of bread flour.
- It's 2 tsp of sugar.
- Prepare 1/2 tsp of salt.
- You need 1 tbsp of active dry yeast.
- You need 1/4 cup of cornmeal.
- You need 1 of egg white beaten.
Works great for pizza crust, focaccia or loaves. I always brush loaves with additional olive oil. A Greek pizza loaded with spinach, garlic, fresh ground pepper and Italian cheese blends is out of this world using this crust. There's a definite difference between French bread and Italian bread.
Italian bread instructions
- Combine flour, sugar, salt and yeast. Mix well..
- Add warm water and oil. Mix well..
- Kneed in mixer for 4 min..
- Turn into a greased bowl. Cover and let rise for 40 mins..
- Sprinkle cornmeal on a greased baking sheet..
- Punch down dough. Recover and let rest for 15 mins..
- Shape dough into a baguette shaped loaf (around 12 inch) and place on cornmeal covered baking sheet. Cover and let rise 40 mins.
- Preheat oven to 375° F. With a knife make a 1 deep cut along the top of the loaf..
- Brush top with egg white..
- Bake for 25 to 35 mins. Lightly tapping on the loaf should produce a hollow sound..
Most of the general population either doesn't know or simply doesn't care, but there are differences nonetheless. Basically though, French bread only uses flour, yeast, salt, and water. Italian bread dough is typically wetter than other doughs because it uses more liquid (water or milk) and fat (butter or olive oil). Despite its savory flavor, many Italian bread recipes do use sugar. Traditionally, Italian bread is baked on a stone to give it that signature thin crisp crust, golden brown in color.
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