Yeah, I know it's fr*nch bread, BUT in my defense I used a soviet recipe. :meow-knit
Ingredients for the pre-dough:
225 g plain flour
125 ml water
2g instant yeast
Ingredients for dough:
190 g plain flour
100 ml water
10 g butter
17 g sugar
6 g salt
+ ready pre-dough
Cooking:
- For your pre-dough, in a large bowl mix yeast with lukewarm water (around 30°С), add flour and knead for some minutes – the consistency should be quite thick but still elastic.
- Spread the pre-dough over the bottom of the bowl, cover with cling wrap in a kitchen towel and leave in a warm corner for around 2 hours – the pre-dough is ready when it visibly increases in size and starts slightly going down.
- Now, let’s make the dough: dissolve sugar and salt in lukewarm water; then pour it in the pre-dough. Next, add flour and soft butter to the mixture and knead the dough for 7-10 minutes until it is elastic and does not stick to your hands at all.
- Round the dough into a ball and place in a clean bowl lightly greased with oil.
- Cover with cling wrap, put in a towel again and leave to rise at room temperature for 1.5 hours.
- When the dough doubles in size, place on the cooking surface, slightly punch it down and divide in three pieces. Round each into a ball, cover with cling wrap and leave for 10 minutes.
- To form the iconic shape of city loaf, first slightly roll out a piece of dough that’s 1 cm thick layer. Then, layer it the way it’s shown on the picture.
- Fold the layered piece in half, and seal the seams. It only remains to form the dough into soft oval shape with slightly pointed edges.
- Repeat with all the dough pieces and transfer the loaves to a baking tray covered with a sheet of parchment, leaving enough space between to proof. Cover with cling wrap and leave for 45 minutes at room temperature.
- Next, make a lengthwise slash on one side of each loaf – use the sharpest knife or a special bread lame.
- The loaves should be baked with some steam, so place an empty baking pan on the bottom rack of the oven and heat to 220°С. When it is heated, place the tray with loaves on the middle rack and carefully pour a cup of hot water in the bottom baking pan; immediately close the oven door.
- The baking time is around 15-20 minutes – depending on your oven. Cook until you see a golden top and it’s fully baked inside, and remove from the oven. Let the loaves completely cool before slicing. Priyatnogo appetita!
From here it has pictures and everything :breadpill: