Basil Country European Bread

Overview

This bread is very fragrant with basil leaves, and you can already smell the aroma of basil leaves when baking. Because it is a traditional European bread, the outside will be thicker and burnt. I like the crust of European-style bread, because it is very crispy and the bread tastes different from toast; European-style bread has a very solid texture. The addition of black olives not only looks good but also has a special taste. When taking out the black olives, they must be soaked in water for about 15-20 minutes otherwise they will be very salty.

Tags

• baking
• bread
• basil leaves
• cherry tomatoes
• mozzarella cheese
• olive oil
• shredded bell pepper
• whole wheat bread flour
• yeast
• black olives
• fine sugar
• milk
• salt

Ingredients

Steps

1. 1 Put all the ingredients except olive oil into the bread bucket; start the first 15-minute dough kneading program.

   

2. 2 After the dough mixing program ends after 15 minutes, start the second dough mixing program for 33 minutes; then pour in olive oil.

   

3. 3 After the dough mixing process is completed, wait for the first fermentation to double in size; after fermentation is completed, roll it into a round shape.

   

4. 4 Place a piece of gauze inside a round ball and sprinkle a little dry low-gluten flour on the cloth. Place the rounded dough on the gauze for a second fermentation of about 1 hour.

   

5. 5 After fermentation is complete, remove from the bowl and flip onto the surface of the dough.

   

6. 6 Just wipe off the excess dry flour on the surface of the dough and leave a thin layer.

   

7. 7 Place into the baking pan and use a knife to make a cross or any score you like on the surface of the dough. Preheat the oven to 220 degrees and bake on the middle rack for 20 minutes, then turn to 180 degrees and continue baking for 20 minutes. If the color is fast, cover the surface with tin foil; the oven heat needs to be adjusted according to each manufacturer's oven.

   

8. 8 After baking, let it cool, cut into slices, and prepare the filling ingredients.

   

9. 9 Sliced bell peppers, cherry tomatoes, black olives and cheese.

   

10. 10 Spread onto the surface of the bread in order.

    

11. 11 Preheat the oven to 175 degrees and bake on the middle rack for 10-13 minutes before serving.

    

12. 12 Finished product.

    

13. 13 Finished product.

    

14. 14 Finished product.