Homemade bread

Ingredients:

• 1kg flour
• 15g fresh baker's yeast
• 20g salt
• 600ml cold water from the fridge

Directions:

1. In a bowl mix the flour, the salt and the water.
3. When it is mixed, pour on the desk, and mix well all the ingredients.
4. Cover with the previous bowl and let rest 10 minutes.
5. Knead (working- bending  and twisting) for few minutes, cover again and let rest another 10 minutes.
6. Add the yeast with a bit of water, mix well (bending and twisting), cover and let rest another 10 minutes.
7. Back to knead a few minutes, cover with wet cotton cloth and let rest 1 hour.
8. Cut into wedges or give the desired shape.
9. Roll each portion to grab surface tension.
10. And cover with the previous wet cloth , and let rest between 3-5hours in a place without temperature changes.

 

     10. Preheat the oven to 230ºC and bake 40-50 minutes.

     11. Let cold for 45 minutes on a oven rack.

I followed this recipe from Xavi Barriga.

And enjoy a piece of real bread!!

Cherry coca (Catalan cherry brioche)

Ingredients:

• 500g flour
• 25g fresh baker's yeast
• 150 ml milk
• 50g butter (room temperature)
• 4 eggs
• Sugar
• Salt
• 500g cherries aprox.

Preparación:

1. Warm the milk and disolve the yeast.
2. Add flour, 80g of sugar, 3 eggs and a pinch of salt.
3. Mix well until it is a dough based. You can use a electric mixer.
4. Roll out the dough (1 cm thick) with rounded shape top of vellum on the baking sheet. You decide if you want individual coques or a large one.
5. Place cherries, washed and dried, on the top. Put them very close next to each other and press them well . Remove the bone or not is up to you. The traditional recipe doesn't pit the bone and then eat carefully! hehehehe.
6. Cover with a cloth and let it rest at room temperature for 1 hour. It will double its size.
7. Whisk and paint the surface with the remaining egg.
8. Sprinkle liberally with sugar
9. Preheat the oven to 180 ºC and bake for 15-20 minutes or until the cocque is golden brown. 
10. Remove from oven and let cool on a wire rack.

And enjoy!!