Homemade bread
Sourdough starters dosed with art, long fermentations and attentive control of baking: making bread at home does not need to be so complicated. Here are 3 easy recipes for a good homemade bread.
Cheese bread
Ingredients
1 kg flour
50 g yeast
100 g parmesan cheese
5 tablespoons of extra virgin olive oil
1 egg, plus 1 egg yolk for brushing
1 teaspoon of sugar
1 tablespoon of salt
Crumble the yeast in a bowl with some water, then add the sugar, the olive oil and the lightly beaten egg. Add a tablespoon of salt to the flour, then add the grated cheese. Add the yeast mixture to the flour and knead the dough for about ten minutes, then let it rest for 30 minutes. Divide the dough in three different parts and press them all. Roll up each dough and let them rest until they double their size. Brush each dough with the beaten egg yolk and bake the bread at 180°C for 40 minutes.
Bread with olives
500 g flour
50 g extra virgin olive oil
25 g yeast
120 g black olives
1 teaspoon of salt
Crumble the yeast in a bowl with ¼ liter of lukewarm water. Pour the yeast mixture into the flour, then add the olive oil and the salt. Mix the ingredients together and knead the dough for 5 minutes, then let it rest for about an hour. Roll out the dough and add the olives, then knead the dough again and let it rest for 1 hour and half. Cook the bread at 200°C for 50 minutes.
Potato bread
400 g potatoes
750 g flour, plus more for dusting
1 packet of dry yeast
60 g butter
1 tablespoon of sugar
100 g yogurt
2 garlic cloves
2 tablespoons of chopped dill
Olive oil
Salt
White pepper
Boil the potatoes, peel them and mash them. Crumble the yeast in a cup with lukewarm water and sugar. In a bowl, mix together the mashed potatoes, the yogurt, the butter, two teaspoons of salt, some chopped dill, white pepper and the garlic cloves, plus 600 grams of flour. Add the yeast and start kneading the dough. Keep kneading the dough while adding the rest of the flour. Let it rest for an hour and half. Knead the dough again for a few minutes and let it rest for 30 minutes. Bake the bread at 180°C for an hour.
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