That does look good pz! Any pics of the inside?
lol, I was too busy eating - will get one this evening however as we plan to gobble down some more
Looks really good, can you post the bread recipe?
I had to get this from the missus because she does not let me touch the dough
Here's the basic dough recipe that she uses for bread and pizza - then we simply add whatever we want
- 2 cups bread flour - however any kind will do
- 1 teaspoon yeast
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1-1.5 cups water - the amount is variable depending on the "feel" of the dough
Mix flour, salt, and yeast with the handle end of a wooden spoon.
Add water slowly and stir until the dough looks sticky.
Cover loosely with plastic wrap and let rise until it doubles in volume (about 2-4 hours)
Scrape the dough out onto a floured surface and knead for a minute or so. Now is when you add any additional ingredients such as herbs, cheese, etc.
Form into a ball and place into a generously floured tea towel and return to the bowl - ensure that the dough is loosely covered with the tea towel and let rise for another hour or two.
Place a Dutch oven into your oven and preheat to 450F (let the Dutch oven sit for about 30 minutes in the 450F oven before you add the dough
After preheating, dump the dough ball into the Dutch oven, make several slits in the surface of the dough ball and return the Dutch oven to the main oven - bake for 30 minutes
Crack the lid and return to the oven for another 10-15 minutes depending on how dark you want the crust.
If you want pizza crust, just use less water - the dough is simply not as sticky
In this particular loaf, we added the cheese and jalapeno (she "lets" me shred the cheese and dice the peppers
)
I think I used 2-3 cups or so of cheese (probably closer to 3, but absolute measurements don't matter), and 2 jalapenos, finely diced.
The bread ended up crispy on the outside, and warm and cheesy/chewy on the inside. Because we went rather light on the jalapeno, every couple of bites or so, we'd get a burst of jalapeno flavor and a little heat.
