How to make Classic English Bloom Bread?

Ingredients ?

High-gluten flour 500g

Cold water 320ml (not all of it)

Salt 10g

Yeast 7g

Olive oil 40ml

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Dissolve the yeast in 240ml~ (not all of it!) Yes! Cold water ~ this makes the bread more flavorful see Tips

Salt, flour mix, then pile into a flour mound, make a hole in the center and pour in the yeast solution and olive oil. Slowly blend the water and flour together, gradually adding the remaining 80ml of water as needed! You may not be able to use it all, but until all the flour has been dredged up and a soft, rough dough has formed

Smear a thin layer of oil on a clean work surface to prevent it from sticking to the surface ~ then start kneading ~ knead the dough until it is smooth, elastic, and soft (you don't need to make a film.)! Please turn right to find another recipe (￣▽￣) if you like that kind of soft bread (￣▽￣)), then put it into a large, clean, oiled bowl, cover with plastic wrap, place it in a warm place, and start the first fermentation, until 2-2.5 times the size of the "European Bread" Classic English Bloomer Bread English bloomer's recipe Step 3

The way to check whether the fermentation is complete or not Poke your finger into the dough with flour, and if it forms a nest like the one shown in the picture and doesn't spring back, the dough is ready to be risen. If the dough does not spring back, it has not fermented enough. If the whole dough deflates after you poke the hole, it has over fermented. English Bloomer Step 6

Roll the dough from top to bottom, pressing down on each roll and tucking in the sides in the center.

Roll it up and place it on a baking sheet lined with baking paper, cover with plastic wrap and leave it in a warm place to rise for 1.5-2 times the size of a loaf of English bloomer. Classic English Bloomer Bread English bloomer recipe Step 10

After fermentation (the picture on the back is from another baking session, so there is a round shape appearing) "European Bread" Classic English Bloomer Bread English bloomer recipe Step 11

Spray with water, sprinkle with flour, and cut the bread "European Bread" Classic English Bloomer Bread English bloomer bread recipe Step 12

Preheat the oven to 220 degrees Fahrenheit, preheating in the bottom of an empty baking tray, dough into the oven (bread into the empty baking tray of the upper layer), you can spray water to create steam, and then quickly into the empty baking tray of cold water (to create steam), quickly close the door of the oven. 220 degrees for 25 minutes, and then reduced to 200 degrees out of the Bake for 10-15 minutes (depending on the color) on the steamy baking sheet. The purpose of pouring cold water into the preheated pan in the oven is to create steam, so that the surface of the bread will quickly form a crispy crust ~ I also sprayed water to create steam before I put the dough in~

2. 320ml of water may not necessarily be used up, the water absorbency of the flour is different, please increase or decrease according to the situation

3. Add olive oil because it can extend the storage time of the bread

4. many people in the making of Many people used to add warm water when making bread, this is wrong. Cold water can make the yeast grow slowly, and the bread will have a better flavor.

Cold water allows the yeast to grow slowly and gives the bread a better flavor.