2.16.2016

Pesto bread

3 cups 0 flour (Bread flour in USA)
1 cup warm water
1 cube of fresh yeast or 1 tbsp dried yeast
3 tbsp pesto genovese
1/2 tbsp salt
1 tbsp sugar or honey
Olive oil

To start, add the yeast a bowl and mix with the sugar or honey until is liquid.  Add the warm water and mix it with the spoon. Add the sifted flour and the pesto and keep mixing with the spoon until is all together. When is hard to mix with the spoon, add some olive oil on your hands and kneed the bread. Divide the bread in 16 little balls. Leave the bread to raise for 2 hours. Bake for about 25 minutes on 180C on convect oven or a little more time on non convect ones. If you want you can brush some milk at the top of the bread and add poppy seeds on it!

Pollo alla Romana

Recipe:
8 boneless, skinless chicken pieces

Salt and pepper, to taste
Olive oil, as needed
2 red bell peppers, sliced
2 yellow peppers, sliced
1/2 cup prosciutto, sliced
3 cloves garlic, chopped
1 can diced tomatoes
1 cup, white wine
1/2 tbsp. dried thyme
1 cup chicken broth
Capers, drained, as needed
Parsley, for topping
Directions:
Season the chicken with salt and pepper. In a large skillet, heat the olive oil over medium heat. When the oil is hot, cook the chicken until browned on both sides, about 12-15 minutes total. Remove from the pan and set aside.
Keeping the same pan over medium heat, add the peppers and prosciutto and cook until the peppers have browned and the prosciutto is crisp, about 5 minutes. Add the garlic and cook for 1 minute. Add the tomatoes, wine, and herbs. Scrape the browned bits off the bottom of the pan. Return the chicken to the pan, add the stock, and bring the mixture to a boil. Reduce the heat and simmer, covered, until the chicken is cooked through, about 15 to 20 minutes.

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Pane al latte con semi

3 cups 00 flour
1 cup warm milk
1 tbsp salt
1 cube of fresh yeast
1 tbsp sugar or honey
1/2 cup melted butter

In a big bowl, add the cube of yeast and the sugar. Mix them very well, until the yeast melts. Add the milk, and slowly add the flour and salt mixing with a spoon. When is to hard to mix with the spoon, add the butter in your hands and start to mixing with your hands. Let the dough to rise for at list 1 hour. After rising, make the little balls and with a brush, brush milk on the top of the bread and sprinkle some poppy seeds, pumpkin seeds or sesame seeds. Let rise again for at list one hour.
Bake for 20 minutes in 180C, or until is baked.
Each oven can have a different time of cooking.

Tips: Fill the bread will ham, cheese and oregano!
You can also use half whole grain flour on the recipe...