Homemade Bread

Homemade bread is a comforting, classic recipe that produces a soft interior and a crispy crust. The process involves a few simple steps of mixing, rising, and baking, with an emphasis on creating airy dough with plenty of air bubbles.

Procedure:

1. In ½ liter of warm water, dissolve ½ cube of fresh yeast, 1 tablespoon of sugar, and 1 tablespoon of flour. Stir and let it sit for 10 minutes.
2. In a bowl, add 1 ½ – 2 kg of flour, salt in the center, and the yeast mixture. Mix everything, adding warm water as needed. Stir with a wooden spoon, ensuring the dough forms air bubbles. The mixture should be quite runny, like dough for fritters.
3. Let the dough rise in a warm place for about 30 minutes. Once it rises, punch it down with a wooden spoon and let it rise again for another 30 minutes. You can repeat this process several times. The more you punch down the dough and let it rise, the better and tastier the bread will be.
4. After the final rising, knead the dough with your hands, adding enough flour so that it no longer sticks to your hands, but the dough should still be runny, not as firm as pizza dough, for example. Place it in a bowl lined with a cloth and dusted with flour, and let it rise for another 30 minutes.
5. Preheat the oven to 250°C. Also, place the baking pan in the oven to heat up. You don’t need to grease the pan or line it with parchment paper.
6. When both the oven and pan are well heated, roll the dough out from the cloth and place it in the pan. Bake at 250°C for about 10 minutes, then reduce the temperature to 200°C and bake for another 50 minutes.
7. Once done, remove the bread and let it cool. Cover it with a slightly damp cloth to soften the crust. The bread will have a nice, crusty texture as if it was baked under a bell-shaped lid.

This recipe is tested and reliable—just follow the instructions carefully for the best result.

Stuffed French Bread

Ingredients:

• 1 French bread
• ½ red, yellow, and green pepper
• 3 boiled eggs
• 150 g turkey ham
• 4 pickles
• 50 g butter
• 150 g Tasty cheese (Trapist)
• 2-3 packets of mayonnaise

Preparation:

1. Cut the French bread into three equal parts. Carefully scoop out the center of each piece, making sure not to break the bread. Crumble the scooped-out part finely.
2. Chop the turkey ham (or smoked turkey breast), cheese, peppers, pickles, and eggs into small cubes. Mix these with the crumbled bread center.
3. Add mayonnaise and salt to taste. Melt the butter and stir it into the mixture while still warm.
4. Mix everything well and stuff the French bread with the mixture.
5. Chill in the refrigerator until well cooled.
6. Serve sliced into thin pieces.