Steps to Prepare Perfect Crusty Homemade Bread

Hello everybody, I hope you’re having an amazing day today. Today, I will show you a way to prepare a special dish, crusty homemade bread. One of my favorites. This time, I will make it a bit tasty. This will be really delicious.

Crusty Homemade Bread is one of the most popular of recent trending meals in the world. It’s appreciated by millions every day. It is easy, it is fast, it tastes yummy. Crusty Homemade Bread is something that I have loved my whole life. They are nice and they look wonderful.

To get started with this recipe, we have to first prepare a few ingredients. You can cook crusty homemade bread using 4 ingredients and 11 steps. Here is how you cook that.

The ingredients needed to make Crusty Homemade Bread:

1. Make ready 1 kg sieved plain flour
2. Get 1 1/2 tsp table salt
3. Prepare 600 ml (approx) of water, slightly hotter than warm temperature
4. Prepare 12 g pack of dried yeast

Steps to make Crusty Homemade Bread:

1. In a large bowl, add the flour, salt and yeast. Mix it well.
2. In the middle make a well and pour the water. Note: You may need more or less of the water depending on the flour some absorb the water more than others.
3. With the tips of your fingers gently swirl it around, swiping the walls of the bowl to integrate all the flour. Gently using your fingers in a round motion fold the flour in until it forms a sticky and moist dough. Note: In this recipe there is no kneading involved. Should take about 5-8 minutes to form the sticky dough. Add more water if the dough is still too dry.
4. After mixing, cover the bowl with clingfilm or two tea towels. Allow to raise for at least 2 hours.
5. Add greaseproof paper to a large baking tray and then sprinkle with plain flour.
6. Flour your hands and pass your hands around the wall of the bowl again to basically peel the dough away. (Flour your hands as needed)
7. Grab a handful of dough with one hand and make it into a ball. Place them spaced out on the tray. Cover the tray again and allow to rise for another 30-60 minutes.
8. Turn the oven to 180c around 15-20 minutes to allow the oven to be fully hot.
9. Uncover the tray and transfer to the oven for 25-30 minutes.
10. Remove from the oven and transfer to a cooling rack, serve warm or allow to cool completely.
11. To make it more delicious, add chopped up chorizo, bacon, sliced ham, prochuto or any other type of cured meat you like. Do this at the same time as step 7 when you make the dough into balls.

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