You just need the ingredients a bowl and a fork along with an oven to bake in.
Simple rustic italian bread recipe.
Mix water yeast and salt together in a large bowl until mixture becomes foamy about 10 minutes.
Beat on medium speed for 3 minutes.
This easy homemade italian bread needs only 4 simple ingredients.
Stir in remaining flour to form a soft dough.
Easy and quick italian rustic crusty bread at home no knead no machine no dutch oven with only 2 hour rise time.
To make the sponge.
It makes the most amazing loaf of bread with a fluffy center and extra crusty exterior.
Stir flour into yeast mixture until well incorporated.
Tender crumb crisp crust.
For some reason i believed i would need all sorts of tools machines and special ingredients like malt to make it happen but then flavia my cousin in tuscany shared her basic bread recipe with me.
Knead in the harvest grains blend or your choice of seeds.
Stir down the sponge and add the salt and flour mix and knead the dough until it s smooth and elastic.
This recipe for rustic italian bread is pure and simple.
This rustic crusty bread recipe is perfect for beginning and expert bread makers alike.
That is the only way to describe this rustic italian bread.
Stir in flour mixing until there are no dry patches.
Can you believe i haven t brought italian bread to the blog yet.
In a large bowl dissolve yeast in warm water.
To make the dough.
Mix the sponge ingredients together and let rest at room temperature covered for 3 to 4 hours or overnight.
Add the sugar salt and 3 cups flour.
In a large bowl or plastic container mix yeast and salt into 3 cups lukewarm water about 100 degrees.
My bread recipe index is growing quickly and it is high time that we added italian bread to it.
Rustic italian bread how to make crusty homemade italian bread loaf.
The perfect side for soups and sauces.
It s delicious and so easy.
This is the first bread recipe i ve ever successfully made.
Perfect pasta soup and sunday dinner.