Pane all’Olio

Name: Pane all’Olio
Yield: Makes 1 Loaf
Cuisine: Italian
Ingredients: 225 g/8 oz/2 cups unbleached white bread flour, plus extra for dusting; 5 ml/1 tsp easy bake (rapid-rise) dried yeast; 90 ml/6 tbsp water; 60 ml/4 tbsp extra virgin olive oil; 175 g/6 oz/1½ cups white bread flour; 105 ml/7 tbsp water; 5 ml/1 tsp granulated sugar; 10 ml/2 tsp salt

Preparation info

Makes
1
Loaf

Difficulty
Medium

Appears in

The Ultimate Bread Machine Cookbook

By Jennie Shapter

Published 2010

About

Italians love to use olive oil in cooking, as this bread amply proves. The combined flavours of the olive oil and the biga starter give a rich, earthy and yeasty flavour to the bread.

Ingredients

For the Biga

105 ml/7 tbsp water
175 g/6

Europe
Italy
Starter
Mediterranean
Bread
Vegan

Method

Pour the water for the biga 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 flour, covering the water. Make a shallow indent in the centre of the flour and add the yeast.
Set th