Easy to make rustic olive bread with oregano. Crusty round bread loaf with kalamata olives. How to bake recipe for a delicious fresh loaf of bread.
Prep Time: 5 minutesminutes
Cook Time: 35 minutesminutes
Rising Time: 3 hourshours
Total Time: 40 minutesminutes
Servings: 8
Ingredients
1cupwarm water95-105F
2tspactive dry yeast
3 1/3cupall purpose flour
2tspsalt
2tspsugar
1cupkalamata olivespitted and diced
1tspoilfor greasing the proofing bowl
1tspwater
1tspdry oregano
Instructions
Stir to dissolve the yeast in a bowl with the 1 cup of warm water. Set aside for 5 minutes.
Stir the salt and sugar with the flour and dump into a stand mixer bowl.
Using the dough hook, turn on the stand mixer to low speed. Slowly pour in the water and yeast mixture. Continue to let the stand mixer knead the dough for about 3 minutes.
Add in the diced kalamata olives and continue to knead for another 2 minutes. If the dough seems to be too wet and sticky, add in a little extra flour and knead a little bit more. The dough should come away from the bowl and not be sticky/tacky to the touch.
Grease a large bowl with oil. Shape the dough into a ball, place in the bowl and flip so all sides are coated in the oil. Cover the bowl with plastic wrap. Put the bowl in a warm place with no draft and let rise until doubled in size, about 90 minutes.
Punch the dough down and hand knead it for about 30 seconds. Shape it into a ball and place it in a bread cloche or dutch oven. Cover and let rise for another hour, so that it doubles in size.
Brush the dough with 1 tsp water and sprinkle with dried oregano. Score the top of the dough ball with a lame or sharp knife
Bake in a 450F preheated oven for 35 minutes.
Place on a cooling rack and let the bread come to room temperature before slicing.