Wednesday, 20 February 2013

Plaited Loaf


Beautiful plaited loaf with lovely golden crust accompanied with any soup…


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Ingredients:


1 recipe basic dough
1 tsp olive oil

Method:



  • Grease the baking sheet. Punch the dough after first proving and divide into 3 equal pieces.
  • Roll to shape each piece into a long thin strand.
  • Lay the strands out on the lightly floured surface Take three strips together and begin plaiting with the centre strand, tucking in the ends.
  • Cover loosely and leave to rise in a warm place for 30 min.
  • Preheat oven to 190 oC. Brush with olive oil and bake until golden, for 30-40 min.
  • Turn out onto a rack to cool.


(I made two small loaves from above recipe )

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