This is a rustic bread made with cheese and great with a country dinner.
1. Sift flour into a large bowl. Mix in salt with hand. Move the ingredients to the sides of the bowl, creating a large "well" (an empty space) in the middle.
2. Pour the yeast into the "well" and pour 1 cup of lukewarm water over the yeast. Sprinkle about 1 tbsp. of flour over top. Wait (about 10 minutes) for bubbles to appear in the yeast.
3. Once the bubbles have appeared, you can start to mix together the ingredients to form the dough. The best way to do this, is to gradually incorporate the flour that is "waiting" on the sides of the bowl. Doing it all at once will be too difficult. So, little at a time, if it's too liquid, just add a bit more flour at the end. You should finish this "pre-kneading" stage with a round, firm ball of dough. Again, if it's too sticky, add a little more flour.
4. Kneading: remove the bread from the bowl and place on a lightly floured surface. Knead it by pushing your palms into and then turning it one quarter. Keep kneading and doing quarter turns for about 5-10 minutes, or until the bread is supple and non-sticky.
5. Place the bread in a lightly floured bowl and cover with a damp dish cloth. Let it rise for about 1 hour (depends on the room temperature, you want it to be fairly warm). It should double in size.
6. Re-sprinkle a counter top (or other surface) with flour. Prepare a baking pan by lightly oiling it and sprinkling the bottom with cornmeal (if you don't have cornmeal, just use flour). With your hands, remove bread and place on floured surface. Punch it down once, hard, with your palms. Now, re-shape it into a loaf. Put the loaf on the baking pan. Cover with dish towel and let rise for about 1 hour. It should double in size.
7. If you want, coat the top with the beaten egg. Put in oven at 375°F and bake for 30 minutes (more or less, depending on how much you like it browned). Just as it is done sprinkle some of the shredded cheese on top and finish baking.
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Serving Size: 1 Serving (92g) | ||
Recipe Makes: 8 | ||
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Calories: 290 | ||
Calories from Fat: 51 (18%) | ||
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Amt Per Serving | % DV | |
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Total Fat 5.7g | 8 % | |
Saturated Fat 3.1g | 16 % | |
Monounsaturated Fat 1.6g | ||
Polyunsanturated Fat 0.5g | ||
Cholesterol 41.4mg | 13 % | |
Sodium 185mg | 6 % | |
Potassium 114.8mg | 3 % | |
Total Carbohydrate 44.8g | 13 % | |
Dietary Fiber 1.8g | 7 % | |
Sugars, other 43g | ||
Protein 13.8g | 20 % | |
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Calories per serving: 290
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