Making homemade bread is simple, fun and it's a great little revolution. In fact, when we prepare homemade bread we know perfectly the ingredients it will contain since we will choose them.
Prepare the bread in house it's simple, it's fun and it's a great little revolution. In fact when we prepare the homemade bread we know perfectly what ingredients it will contain since we will choose them.
Our advice per preparing home-made bread at best concerns the choice of flour and yeast, as well as attention to leavening times. We recommend organic flours, spelled flour and ancient grain flours and to give preference to mother yeast.
We have selected for you a number of suggestions and recipes for homemade bread so that you can better prepare and refine the results you have already achieved over time.
You just have to experiment and start making homemade bread.
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Homemade bread: mistakes to avoid
Which ones are they the most common mistakes in the preparation of homemade bread? Some oversights can happen to both beginners and those who have been preparing bread at home for some time. Fortunately, avoiding small mistakes when preparing homemade bread is very simple. Sometimes the leavening lasts too short, the oven temperature is not suitable or the dough is rubbery. Read our summary of the most common mistakes and problems so you can prepare better homemade bread right away.
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Homemade bread: basic recipe
La basic recipe for making bread at home involves using a few simple ingredients: flour, water, a pinch of salt and fresh yeast (brewer's yeast or mother yeast of your choice). Remember to let the bread rise for a long time for a better result. Here is the recipe to follow.
Quick homemade bread
How to do it prepare bread at home so fast? If you don't have much time, you can occasionally replace your usual yeast with dry yeast. This will speed up the preparation of the bread. Here is a recipe to experiment.
Soft homemade bread
What is the secret to getting a soft, fluffy and light homemade bread? Above all, you will have to keep an eye on the consistency of the dough which should not be excessively compact and dry while you work it. Here is a recipe to follow to prepare soft homemade bread.
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Homemade bread without baking
Is it necessary to use the oven to prepare homemade bread? In the summer and when we have little time we can consider alternative in which no oven is needed for cooking. In reality, the oven is not needed if we want to prepare the bread of the Essenes, the bread cooked in a pan, the chapati, the quick scones or the homemade spelled piadina.
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Quick homemade bread: pita bread
La referee it is a very popular bread in the Middle East, Greece and Turkey. The recipes in circulation usually involve cooking in the oven, but there is also a version of the pita to be prepared in a pan or on a hot plate, which in this way makes everything even faster. Follow our recipe for making pita bread.
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Homemade olive bread
Bread with olives is very easy to prepare at home as you just need to add whole pitted, sliced or chopped green olives to the base mixture. Don't forget to decorate the surface of your next self-made bread with green olives.
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Homemade walnut bread with sourdough
Bread with walnuts is a very versatile bread, which can be combined with both savory and sweet dishes, ideal to eat with jam or vegetables. The important thing is to remember to use good quality shelled walnuts. You can prepare homemade walnut bread with sourdough and spelled flour.
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Homemade wholemeal bread
To prepare wholemeal bread at home you only need very few ingredients: whole wheat flour, sourdough and water. If you want to lighten the dough, you can mix the whole wheat flour with a part of flour 0 or type 1 flour, especially to get used to the change in texture and flavor of your homemade bread. You just have to experiment.
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Homemade bread: recipe with brewer's yeast
If you do not have the mother yeast available yet, you can prepare the bread with brewer's yeast for your first experiments. In addition to fresh brewer's yeast, you will need flour, water, a pinch of salt and possibly a teaspoon of honey or brown sugar. Here is the recipe from which to take inspiration for homemade bread with brewer's yeast.
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Homemade bread: recipe with sourdough
If you are looking for a simple recipe to prepare the bread with sourdough remember that your mother yeast, together with the flour you choose, will be the most important ingredient. We suggest you choose organic flours. Here is the recipe to take inspiration from.
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Homemade bread: yeast-free recipe (unleavened bread)
Il unleavened bread it's a unleavened bread which can be more or less puffy or crunchy depending on the type of cooking chosen. In fact, unleavened bread can be cooked both in the oven and in a pan. When cooked in the oven, we obtain a lower and crunchy unleavened bread, more similar to crackers, while with cooking in a pan the unleavened bread tends to swell. Here our recipe.
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Homemade bread with Thermomix
Those who have a food processor suitable for preparing bread will be able to make the dough more quickly and effortlessly. In fact, it will be enough to dose the ingredients well and choose the most correct program for leavening. Here is the recipe to follow for prepare bread at home with the Thermomix.
Homemade bread: recipe by Gabriele Bonci
If you want to prepare homemade bread following an author's recipe, choose the version of Gabriele bonci which recommends using refreshed mother yeast, organic flours, a teaspoon of honey and a pinch of salt. Here is the recipe to follow to prepare Gabriele Bonci's homemade bread.
Homemade bread: grandmother's recipe
Is there still in your memories the taste of the homemade bread made by your grandmothers? You can try to prepare it starting from a simple one grandmother's recipe to make Tuscan bread at home with flour, water, salt, extra virgin olive oil and brewer's yeast. Here is the recipe to follow.
Homemade bread: Sicilian recipe
Il Sicilian bread it is a full-bodied and soft bread. To prepare it at home you need re-milled durum wheat semolina, water, brewer's yeast, salt and a generous handful of sesame seeds. Here is the recipe for homemade Sicilian bread.
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Homemade gluten-free bread
There are so many recipes and variations to prepare the Gluten-free bread. The simplest method is to choose a mix of farine gluten-free suitable for celiacs and designed for the preparation of bread and savory baked goods. You can find gluten-free flour suitable for preparing bread in herbalist's shops, pharmacies and gluten-free products stores. Here and here are two gluten-free bread recipes to take inspiration from.
Photo source: Labna
What are yours recipes for making homemade bread?
Marta Albè
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