Italian bread/crackers


  • Great Italian bread / flat bread for cheese board or as a dipping crackers.

  • 190g Unbleached All-Purpose Flour
  • 190g Semolina Flour
  • 1 Envelope ( 7g) Active Dry Yeast
  • 190ml warm water (Approximate)
  • Salt 

  • Combine the two flours with about a teaspoon of salt. In a small cup, dissolve the yeast in about 60ml of the warm water, and let sit until bubbly.
  • Add the yeast mixture to the flour with the rest of the water. Mix until you have a smooth dough, then cover and let sit 1 hour.

  • Knead for 5 minutes and cover for another hour.

  • Preheat the oven to 240c. 
  • Spray two baking sheets with oil spray.
  • Knead the dough once more, divide into 8 equal balls.
  • Roll balls out as thinly as you can to fit the baking sheets, bake each for 5 minutes in the preheated oven.
  • The breads should blister but not yet brown

  • Remove from the oven drizzle with olive oil and sprinkle with fresh thyme or rosemary and salt. 
  • Return each bread to the oven for 10-15 minutes or until golden and crispy.
  • Let sit until cool enough to handle, then break into large pieces

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