Easy to make pizza dough

I have been looking for an easy pizza dough recipe for a long time, and i finally found it! It can be made with plain flour,  strong bread flour, even wholemeal seeded mix.

Ingredients for 2x25 cm pizzas: 200ml cold water, 300g flour, 3.5g fast action dried yeast, 1tsp salt.

Vegetable stew and home made naan bread

German pretzels

Foccacia with tomatoes, cheese and ham

Low budget dinner, you surely have all of the ingredients in the pantry.

 

 

Spring onion and cheese flat bread



Simply delicious flat breads... Can also be made gluten free.

 

 

Cheese and ham bread

 

Ingredients: 400 g flour, 50 g butter, 3 egg yolks, 150 ml milk, 7 g dried yeast, 200 d cheese, 200 g ham, 1 egg yolk, 2 tbsp milk, 1 tsp salt.

 

Super cheat: baked doughnuts

Ingredients: 1 cup of yoghurt, 2 cups flour (or gluten free flour + 1 tsp xanthan gum), 2 eggs, half of cup of sugar, 1 tsp vanilla essence, 2 tsp baking powder.

Preheat the oven at 180 C.
Pour the yogurt in a bowl.

 

 

Add the rest of the ingredients and mix. The dough will be very sticky and airy.

 

Grease a muffin tray. Spoon in the mix, filling each tray half way.

 

Bake in the oven for 15 min.

 

Let them cool down completely before serving with jam and butter.

Pull-apart gluten free dinner rolls

Ingredients: 2 3/4 cups of gluten free flour, 1 tsp xanthan gum, 2 tsp dry yeast, pinch of sugar, 1 tsp salt, 1 cup warm water, 1 egg, 2 tbsp butter, 1 tsp cider vinegar.

Mix the dry ingredients in a bowl.

Melt the butter and add it to the mix. Pour the water as well.

Mix everything into a dough. Split the dough into 6 parts. Shape it into balls and arrange them on a tray. Let it rise in a warm place for at least an hour.

Bake in the preheated oven for 25 min at 180 C.

Gluten free flat breads

Ingredients: 400 g gluten free flour, plus extra for dusting, pinch of salt, 300 g yogurt, 100 ml warm water.

Preheat the oven at 180 C.
Mix all the ingredients in a bowl.

Divide the dough and form oval shapes, about 0.5 cm thick. Put them on a tray covered with baking paper. Dust with flour.

Bake in the oven for 7 min on each side.

Gluten free bread

Ingredients: 500 ml warm water, 1 tsp sugar, 1 tsp quick gluten free yeast, 500 g gluten free flour, 2 tsp xanthan gum, 1 tsp salt, 2 tbsp oil.

Mix the warm water, sugar and yeast. Leave to rest for 15 min.

It will start to bubble.

Add the flour, xanthan and salt. Fold in the oil.

Mix everything into a dough. Do not worry: the consistency will be of a mashed potatoes.
Oil a bread tin.
Add the dough and smooth the top.

Cover and let it rest in a warm spot for at least an hour.
This is how it will look like.

Preheat the oven an 180° C.
Bake for 30 min.

Genzano bread

"Pane di Genzano" originates from Genzano, a little town outside of Rome. Crispy on the outside and soft on the inside, this is great either fresh or toasted.

Ingredients: 400 g white flour, 100 g wholemeal, 1 tsp and a half of dried yeast, 380 ml water, salt.

Put the flours in a bowl. Make a well and put the yeast in the well. Add 100 ml water on top, cover and leave it for 15 min.

Add the rest of the ingredients and mix in a dough.
Put it on a board and knead for 10 min.

Put back in the bowl and rest for 2 hours.

Preheat the oven at 180° C.
Bake for 30 min.

Soda bread

This is a loaf that you can knock up in less then an hour when you have unexpected guests or when you want some lovely warm bread with your meal.

Ingredients: 450 g wheat flour, 1 tsp baking soda, pinch of salt, 200 ml skimmed milk, 200 ml fat free yoghurt.

Preheat the oven at 230° C.
Put the flour, baking soda and salt in a bowl. Add the milk and yoghurt.

Mix everything into a dough. Knead for 10 min.
Give it any shape you want.

 Bake at 230° C for 10 min, then lower the heat to 200° C. Bake for 15 min.

Brown cob

"Cob" is the Anglo-Saxon word for head :).

Ingredients: 300 g strong wholemeal flour, 1 tsp dried yeast, 200 ml water, 1 tsp salt. 

Put the flour in a bowl. Make a well and add the yeast. Pour 100 ml over and let it rest for 15 min.

Put the rest of the water and salt and knead for 10 min.

Shape into a ball. Put it back into the bowl, cover and let it rest for 1 - 2 hours.

Preheat the oven at 200° C.
Bake for 15 - 20 min.

Cinnamon rolls

Ingredients: 300 g flour, 200 ml water, 1 tsp dried yeast, 1 tsp salt. For the filling: 50 g butter, 125 g brown sugar, 2 tbsp ground cinnamon, 2 tbsp raisins.

Put the flour in bowl. Make a well in the middle and add the yeast. Pour 100 ml of water over the yeast and let it rest for 15 min. 

Add the rest of the water and salt and knead for 10 min. Put back in the bowl and let it rest for 1 - 2 hours.

In the mean time, mix the sugar, cinnamon and raisins in a bowl.

Preheat the oven at 200° C.
Melt the butter and let it cool down.
Roll the dough into a rectangle.
Brush the melted butter on it.

Put the cinnamon mix on the dough and roll into a roulade. Put it in the fridge for 10 min, it will be easier to cut. Cut it in slices, as you like.
Let it rest for 1 hour.

Bake in the oven for 30 min, or until golden brow.

German salt pretzels

Ingredients: 1 kg plain white flour, 520 ml water, 80 g butter, 1 tbsp brown sugar, 2 tsp dry yeast, 2 tbsp sea salt, 1 l water, 3 tbsp baking soda, sea salt for topping.

Add 100 g of flour, all the yeast and the water into a bowl. Mix, cover with cling-film and leave in a warm place for 5 hours  to create the yeast flavour.

After that, add the rest of the ingredients and mix. Kneed the mixture for 10 min to make a firm dough. Cover and rest for 1 and a half hours or until a point pushed in gentle springs back.

When ready, you start being in trouble :). Roll the dough out to be a long (40 cm) rope.

Bring one of the end over the other, to create half of an 8.

Bring the same end through the loop.

Press both ends together.

As you can see, it takes a little to get used to forming the shape.

 Leave for 30 minutes uncovered in a warm room to rise and develop.

Preheat the oven at 200° C.
In the meantime, bring the water to a boil and add the baking soda.
Put the pretzels one by one in the pot, boil for 5 - 10 sec, then remove from the water. Sprinkle the sea salt.
Bake in the oven for 16 min, until they are deep brown.
Allow to rest for 30 min.