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Basil Red Capsicum Pugliese

A delicious-sounding recipe for bread from “the basic italian cookbook” by lesley pagett, which i found on australian chef huey's website. i have not made this yet, but look forward to doing so. i would be inclined to add some garlic and some halved black olives. the cooking time below does not include the 21/2 hours resting time.

Steps

Mix together the 1.
5 kg flour , yeast , salt and sugar.
Add the basil , roasted capsicum , lukewarm water and oil.
Mix well and then knead to form a softish dough , adding a little more water if needed.
Then knead the dough on a lightly floured workbench.
Place the dough in an oiled bowl , cover with plastic wrap and set aside in a warm spot to rise for about 2 hours or until it has doubled in size.
Turn the dough out onto a floured workbench and divide it in half.
Form the into loaves and place them on a lightly oiled oven tray.
Brush them with water and set them aside for about another hour , or until they have increased in size by about 50%.
Preheat the oven to 200c.
Then brush the loaves with water , sprinkle with a little flour and cook in the oven for about 45 mins.

Ingredients

unbleached flour, dried yeast, salt, sugar, basil leaves, red capsicums, water, olive oil, plastic wrap