Olive Bread (Eliopsomo)
 
 
Author/ Συγγραφέας:
Recipe type/ Τύπος Πιάτου: Dough
Ingredients/ Συστατικά
  • 300 gr./10.5 oz. all purpose flour
  • 160 gr. to 180 gr /5.6 oz. to 6.3 oz. lukewarm water
  • 1 tsp yeast
  • 4 tsp sugar
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 100 gr./3.5 oz. olives, pitted and sliced
Instructions/ Εκτέλεση
  1. In the mixer put the flour, yeast, sugar and salt.
  2. Pour the water and start mixing for about 10 minutes until the smooth ball is gathered around the hook.
  3. Take a bowl and oil it.
  4. Place the dough either in a warm place or in the oven for an hour.
  5. After the hour has passed deflate the dough and let it stand for another hour.
  6. After these two hours of rising, take the dough split in two and incorporate the olives to both of them by hand.
  7. Just knead a little bit until the olives are inside your dough.
  8. Let some olives to add them on top as a decoration.
  9. Form to balls pressed on top to flatten and put them on a pan covered with parchment paper.
  10. Let them rise for ½ hour and in the meantime preheat your oven to 175° C/345° F.
  11. Bake them for at least half an hour or until they become dark golden brown.
  12. Turn off the oven and let them in for another ten minutes so as to completely dry inside.
  13. Cut and serve with feta cheese.
  14. Trust me on that, feta and olives go together like crazy.
Recipe by Culinary Flavors at https://www.culinaryflavors.gr/olive-bread-eliopsomo/