Although making homemade bread seems difficult, it is not!
We can all do it with the equipment of a normal home cooking, without the need for machines or other complications. The important thing is to have a good recipe and the right ingredients available.
Ingredients homemade bread
- 1000 gr of soft wheat flour all purpose/plain flour Italian “0” with wheat germ;
- 650 gr of water;
- 200 gr of mother yeast (or 20 g of beer yeast);
- 16 – 20 gr of salt.
Method
With the indicated ingredients, prepare the dough, pour 640 ml of water into a bowl, first dissolve the sourdough or the yeast in room temperature or slightly warm water, add the flour and start kneading, then add the salt and the remaining water and continue to knead until the dough is smooth and silky and not sticky and pour it into a container or bowl.
Let it rise in a greased bowl, covered, until it has doubled its volume (I let it rise about 12 hours).
Turn the dough upside down on a pastry board, if you want to break it into 2 equal parts and, on a floured cutting board, form 1 or 2 round loaves; flour them completely on the surface. Cut the loaves with a knife and let them rise again until they have doubled their volume.
Bake them in an already preheated oven about half an hour at 220/240 ° C for 15 minutes, then reduce the temperature and continue at 180/200 ° C for another 35 minutes (the time may vary according to the type of oven) a saucepan with water in the oven from the start.