Rosemary Artisan Bread

Name: Rosemary Artisan Bread
Prep time: 1 h
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 1 h 30 min
Yield: 1-2 loaves
Ingredients: 1 tablespoon dry yeast; 2 cups water; 2 tablespoons sugar; 1/4 cup olive oil; 1 tablespoon sea salt; 2 tablespoons fresh rosemary; 2 tablespoons lemon juice; 1 teaspoon instant minced garlic; 1 teaspoon dried onion flakes; 1/2 cup freshly grated pecorino romano cheese; 6 cups all-purpose flour

Submitted by healthy mamma

"This bread is a combination of two recipes. One from Williams-Sonoma (which took around 8 hours to rise and didn't turn out so well for me) and an Italian herb bread from s'kat. I like how this version turned out very light and airy and aromatic. I used rosemary from my garden and think the lemon really brings out the flavors. * I threw all of the ingredients in my KitchenAid mixer, gradually adding the flour last. * I let my oven warm at 400 deg. for 1 minute then turned it off and put my covered bread in to rise. This really does the trick!"

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photo by matejkav

Ready In:: 1hr 30mins
Ingredients:: 11
Yields:: 1-2 loaves

ingredients

1 tablespoon dry yeast
2 cups water
2 tablespoons sugar
¹⁄₄ cup olive oil
1 tablespoon sea salt
2 tablespoons fresh rosemary
2 tablespoons lemon juice
1 teaspoon instant minced garlic
1 teaspoon dried onion flakes
¹⁄₂ cup freshly grated pecorino romano cheese
6 cups all-purpose flour

directions

Mix yeast, warm water and sugar together in a large bowl. Set aside for five minutes, or until mixture becomes foamy.
Stir in olive oil, lemon, salt, rosemary, garlic, onion, cheese and 3 cups flour into the yeast mixture.
Gradually mix in next three cups of flour. (Dough will be stiff). Knead for 5 to 10 minutes, or until it is smooth and elastic.
Place in an oiled bowl, turning to cover sides with oil. Cover with a towel, or plastic wrap. Let rise for 1 hour, or until dough has doubled.
Punch down to release all the air. Shape into a ball. Place in a greased ceramic stoneware, or into two 9x5 inch, greased pans.
Allow to rise for 1/2 hour again, until doubled in a warm place.
Bake at 350 degrees for 2 loaves, 30 minutes, for one loaf, 40 minutes.
Remove loaves from pans and let cool on wire racks for at least 15 minutes, before slicing.

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Reviews

A very easy to make recipe, though I added a bit more rosemary and added a Tbsp of lemon zest. I thought the flavor was to weak the way it originally was.<br/><br/>I found this to be a very adaptive bread recipe. I've changed a lot of the flavorings and most often just do lemon and rosemary (I also use organic whole wheat flour). The bread also works wonderfully as a standard sandwich bread. It is heavy, but soft and chews lightly. It also doesn't fall apart easily.<br/><br/>For you gluten-free people, I've also had success with replacing the wheat flour with spelt or a mix of brown-rice flour, potato starch, and sorghum flour. Rises very nicely.

matejkav
I'm sitting at my desk trying to convince myself that there's superglue on my chair so I don't jump up to eat, yet, another piece.

gailanng
I love this recipe I live at a higher altitude and it still turned out great. I will make this for family and friends.

Chubbywolf
I CRAVE this bread. The rosemary is soooooo good. I want to also try making it with non-gluten flours.

gardenchick