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Olive Bread Recipe - Mediterranean Style Rustic Olive Bread - Quick and Easy Bakery Style Bread
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Olive Bread Recipe – Mediterranean Style Rustic Olive Bread – Quick and Easy Bakery Style Bread



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What you need
3 cups all purpose flour plus extra for dusting your work surface
½ teaspoon fast rising yeast
1 teaspoon salt
1 cup roughly chopped pitted green olives
1 cup roughly chopped pitted black olives
1-1/2 cups warm water – not boiling
1 tablespoon rosemary olive oil
1 tablespoon dried thyme
2 tablespoon corn flour

What you need to do
You need a large dutch oven or heavy ceramic pot with a lid.
Mix together warm water and fast rising yeast
Note: Never use boiling water as it will kill the active yeast
Note: To keep your active yeast alive and fresh store in the refrigerator
Combine the flour, salt, olive oil, thyme and both types of olives together in a large bowl
Add the yeast mixture to the dry ingredients and mix together until the dough starts to come together. It will look and feel sticky. Shape into a ball.
Cover with plastic wrap and a clean towel or bowl cover and Let it sit until it roughly doubles in size – approx 3 hours
Place the empty Dutch Oven pot into your oven and preheat to 450F degrees. Approx 30 to 40 mins too heat up.
Take your dough out of the bowl and lay it on your floured surface..
Fold the dough over on itself kneading it back into a ball for a second time.
Lay the dough onto the cornmeal dusted board,
Place in a clean bowl with parchment paper
Dust the top of the dough lightly with some extra cornmeal and cover with the plastic wrap and towel again.
By the time your dutch oven is at temperature, your dough should have risen enough on the second rise
When oven is ready take off towel and using a sharp serrated knife, cut 2 slits across the top of the dough with a sharp knife.
Take the hot pot out of the oven using protective mitts with both hands, very carefully lift and gently drop the dough into the pot.
Place the lid on and put it back into the oven.Remember the pot is very hot! Bake for 30 minutes.
After 30 minutes, take the lid from the pot and bake for a further 10 minutes and the crust is golden and crispy.
Let cool before slicing.
Bom Apetite!!

32 Comments

  7. Latin & Hellas

    Sorry, but instant yeast and all-purpose flour are not exactly "natural". But good enough for most people and certainly better than store-bought.

  11. Chanda Russell

    That looks so good. Olives are one of my favourite things followed closely by home made bread. I am definitely going to try this.

  15. Lenny Buttz

    It's beautiful! I like your music and hearing the bird chirping. This is a very relaxing professional video!

  16. S&BDIARIES

    Such a beautiful recipe 😍 friend and we love the smell of fresh bread 🍞.
    Thanks for sharing this mouthwatering recipe,take care Simon and Beth ❤️ 👍 🙋

  22. Mike Musso

    Excellent written recipe. I cut and pasted to a word document and will read it while cooking. I am relatively new to baking and enjoy this as a hobby since retiring. I find baking a way to express what little artistry I have to present to my friends and family. I look forward to making this for my daughter who bakes Artisan Bread. I find bringing the water temp to 105 – 110F (38 – 43C) works best for proofing the yeast. I have had my most successful Baking experience using the outdoor Natural Gas BBQ. Have you had success using a water pan placed in the oven while baking instead of a Dutch Oven? Loved your YouTube presentation and all the information provided in "Show More"

  23. Claudia Miller

    Just remember that bread without a preservative agent doesn’t keep very well and molds quickLy. So eat it up fast fast fast…and pass that butter!!💕

  26. Avril Easton

    I made your Mediterranean Olive Bread, yesterday and it is really good! I didn't do it to your exact recipe but almost! I will make this again! Thank you, Avril Easton X ❤👍

  27. Lilia Golovatch

    Beautiful you are so gentle with a brad so loving you are so talented and professional!!!
    Love your work
    Thank you

  32. Chris James

    That looks so good but that seems like too much work. I don't have a Dutch bowl or a gas stove. I'm sure sticking that in a electric stove would burn it

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