- 500 g strong white bread flour
- 7 g fast action yeast
- 3 tbsp oil
- 2 tsp salt
- 300 ml warm water
Method
- Mix yeast through water and stir until bubbly
- Add salt, oil, flour to bowl with yeast mixture and stir until
smooth
- Tip into lightly floured surface and smash the air out
- Shape into ball and set aside with a cloth covering
- Leave for 4 hours
- Lightly knead into a smooth ball
- Knock air out again
- Leave for 1 hour
- Start fire so reduced to coals while dough is rising
- Lightly oil Dutch oven
- Add dough to Dutch oven
- Set Dutch oven on charcoals and put most of the hot coals on the
lid
- Rotate the Dutch oven and the lid about every 10 minutes until
the loaf is hollow sounding, ~30 minutes
