Homemade Bread

Ingredients

• 12 g sea salt
• 600 g strong white bread flour
• 400 g water
• 3 g bakers yeast (active dry)

Directions

1. In a mixer’s bowl add the flour, the water, the yeast, and beat with the hook attachment at medium speed for 5 minutes.
2. Add the salt and beat for 5 more minutes, until there is a smooth and elastic dough. Transfer the dough to a greased bowl, cover with plastic wrap, and let it rise at room temperature for 1 hour.
3. Deflate the dough with your hands, shape it into a round, put it back into the bowl, and cover it with plastic wrap. Let it rise for 1 more hour. Repeat the deflating and rising process once more.
4. Dust your working surface with a little flour and transfer the dough onto it. Shape the dough into a round, dust it with a little flour, and place it upside down into a bowl with parchment paper.
5. Cover the bowl with plastic wrap and let the dough rise for 30 minutes at room temperature. Preheat the oven to 250C (480F) and set it to a fan. Put a roaster pan or a pot inside to get very hot.
6. Remove the roaster from the oven and put the dough in it. With a knife, score the bread once along with the dough, cover the roaster with the lid, and bake in the oven for 25 minutes.
7. Remove the lid, lower the oven’s temperature to 230o C (450F), and bake for another 20 minutes.
8. Remove the bread from the oven and let it cool on a rack. Ready to serve.