Italian Peasant Bread

Ingredients

  • Cooking Time: 25 minutes
  • Servings: 3 loaves
  • Preparation Time: 300 minutes
  • 2 packages fast rising dry yeast
  • 2 1/2 cups tepid water (about 110 degrees)
  • 2 pounds and 3 ounces good quality unbleached white bread flour,
  • ( about 6 1/2 cups) ( do not use all purpose flour)
  • 1 teaspoon salt dissolved in 1 teaspoon water
  • Cornmeal optional, but necessary if you are using a wooden board or peel for sliding the dough onto hot bricks or a pizza stone.
  • ( I use baking sheets dusted with corn meal)

Description

I Found This Recipie In ' The Frugal Gourmet Cooks Italian' Cookbook.It Is My Favorate Italian Bread , And Goes Well With Pasta.

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