Italian Olive Bread

Name: Italian Olive Bread
Yield: Makes 1 loaf or 6 rolls
Cuisine: Italian
Ingredients: 150 ml/5 fl oz tepid water; 15 g/½ oz fresh yeast; ½ teaspoon salt; 350 g/12 oz unbleached white bread flour; 2 tablespoons olive oil; 175 g/6 oz olives (black, or a mixture of black and green)

Preparation info

Makes
1
loaf

Difficulty
Medium

Appears in

Making Bread at Home

By Tom Jaine

Published 2005

About

Olive bread has become greatly fashionable in countries far away from the olive belt. Perhaps it’s because the flavour captures best those hot Mediterranean evenings.

Ingredients

350 g/12 oz unbleached white bread flour
½ teaspoon salt

Europe
Italy
Mediterranean
Bread
Vegan

Method

In a bowl, mix the flour and the salt together, make a well in the centre and crumble in the fresh yeast. Pour the water over the yeast and stir with your finger to cream it. Add the olive oil, and extend your stirring in scope and force to incorporate the flour. Mix vigorously, eventually changing the movement of the hand from something akin to stirring to something mor