Recipe Details

Summary

Name: Merenda Fiorentina (florentine Snack Bread)

Category: Breads

1 pk Dry active yeast

1 ts Salt

1 tb Minced garlic

Cornmeal for dusting

Coarse salt

3 c Unbleached flour

1 c Warm water (105F)

3 tb Olive oil + oil for brushing

The crust

1 ts Minced fresh rosemary:option

combine yeast, salt and flour in large bowl. combine water and oil in a

small bowl add liquid to dry ingredients and mix till they form a rough

mass. Knead mixture in a bowl with your hands till it holds together then

turn out onto a lightly flour surface and knead in garlic. Continue till

dough is smooth and elastic about 8 minutes form ball and let rest on a

lightly floured surface covered for 1 hour. {Preheat oven to 375F Preheat

oven to 375 roll dough into 12 X 14 inch rectangle and transfer to baking

sheet sprinkled with cornmeal. Use finger tips to make indentations in the

dough at 2 inch intervals sprinkle dough lightly with coarse salt and

drizzle olive oil over the top. Sprinkle with rosemary if used bake till

golden bnrown about 25 minutes remove from oven and brush with a little

more oil cool slightly serve warm. to serve cut into thin slices and pack

along with a picnic lunch with roast chicken roasted red peppers and red

wine.