Name: Schiacciata con Uva
Yield: Makes 1 Loaf
Cuisine: Italian
Ingredients: 50 g/2 oz/¼ cup granulated sugar; 45 ml/3 tbsp water; 45 ml/3 tbsp extra virgin olive oil; 280 g/10 oz/2½ cups unbleached white bread flour; 30 ml/2 tbsp demerara (raw) sugar; 5 ml/1 tsp easy bake dried yeast; 200 g/7 oz/generous 1 cup raisins; 150 ml/5 fl oz/⅔ cup Italian red wine; 7.5 ml/1½ tsp salt; 1.5 ml/¼ tsp easy bake (rapid-rise) dried yeast; 175 g/6 oz/1½ cups organic white bread flour; 280 g/10 oz small black seedless grapes; 200 ml/7 fl oz/⅞ cup water

Preparation info

Makes
1
Loaf

Difficulty
Medium

Appears in

The Ultimate Bread Machine Cookbook

By Jennie Shapter

Published 2010

About

This Tuscan bread is baked throughout the region to celebrate the grape harvest each year. The fresh grapes on top are the new crop while the raisins inside symbolize last year’s gathering-in.

Ingredients

For the Starter

200 ml/7 fl oz/⅞ cup water
175

Method

Pour the water for the starter into the bread machine pan. If the instructions for your machine specify that the yeast is to be placed in the pan first, reverse the order in which you add the liquid and dry ingredients.
Sprinkle over the organic flour, ensuring that it completely covers the water. Make a small indent in the centre of the flour (but no