Bread with seasonings
Description
Homemade baking for tea. For the bread you will need wheat flour, warm water, salt, sugar, a little unrefined oil, fresh yeast, and a spoonful of Provençal herbs. Bake the bread in the oven at 180 degrees for 40–45 minutes. The whole process is simple—you can knead the dough by hand, with a stand mixer, or in a bread machine. You end up with 1 loaf weighing 400 grams. Serve warm or cooled. Perfect with tea.
Instructions
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Step 1
Prepare the ingredients. Warm the water to 38–40 degrees. Sift the flour.
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Step 2
Dissolve the sugar and yeast in warm water.
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Step 3
Add the flour, a pinch of Provençal herbs (keep most of them aside for now), and salt.
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Step 4
Start mixing the dough with a spoon, add a couple of spoonfuls of oil.
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Step 5
Transfer to the work surface and knead the dough well until it forms a firm, elastic ball. Cover with plastic wrap and place in a warm spot for 1–1½ hours.
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Step 6
I always put the dough in an oven preheated to 40 degrees. Under those conditions the dough expands very well in one hour. The photo shows clearly how airy and porous it is.
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Step 7
Knead the dough for a few minutes and roll it into a rectangle as wide as your bread pan. Dust with the remaining seasonings.
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Step 8
Roll up jelly-roll fashion.
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Step 9
Grease the pan with vegetable oil. Put the loaf in place, cover with plastic wrap, and leave in a warm spot for 30 minutes to proof.
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Step 10
In 30 minutes the bread should double in size. Put it in a preheated oven for 45 minutes.
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Step 11
The bread is done! Let it cool briefly in the pan, then transfer it to a wire rack and cool completely.
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Step 12
Try it!
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Step 13
The baking is ready. Serve with tea.