Sweet Olive Oil Bread
Delicious French Bread Recipe
The Provence bread is called pompe a l'huile, and is sometimes made with orange zest or anise seeds. La Grenouille restaurant in New York has been known to serve this cross between bread and cake.
You will need:
3-3/4 Cups flour
1/3 cup plus 1 tbsp. sugar
1 7-gram package active dry yeast
3/4 cup plus 1 tbsp. extra virgin olive oil
2 tsp. salt
1. Combine 1-1/2 cups of the flour, all the sugar, yeast and 1 cup of warm water. Mix well and let sit in a warm spot for 30 minutes until bubbly.
2. Add remaining flour, oil and salt mix to form dough. Knead for 5-7 minutes.
Place in large greased bowl and let rise for about three hours.
3. Preheat oven to 400F. Put dough on sheet of parchment paper and stretch with your fingers to form a 12" circle. With a sharp knife, cut out 5 2" long slits in the dough, starting from the center and cutting towards the edge, like a sand dollar. You could use the dough scraps for a mini-bread.
4. Transfer dough to baking sheet and bake for 15-20 minutes until golden and puffed. Sprinkle warm water on ready loaf to soften the crust, and serve!
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Yummy! I must bake a loaf of this bread immediately!! Thank you for sharing this recipe, I can't wait to try it.
Wow this sounds really good. I will have to try it. Thanks
I love fresh home made bread maybe we will get a stove soon so that I can make some..great article especially made to remind me I am hungry tonight. LOL
Yum...I'll have to give it a try!
This recipe sounds delicious!!
Even the recipe makes my mouth water. I fail with yeast - but my daughter could pull this off so easy. She attended Johnson & Wales University for Culinary Arts. This is a bread she would enjoy baking. Thanks! I'm passing it on.