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Rustic Lard Bread
Rustic Lard Bread: perfect recipe for Italian lard bread , made with water, dry yeast and lard instead of butter to get soft dough; baked in the oven for tasty and simple slices served with prosciutto !
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 49 minutes
30 minutes raising time 30 minutes
Total Time 1 hour 29 minutes
Servings 1 loaf
Ingredients
- 4 cups all purpose flour
- 1 tsp sugar
- 1 tsp salt
- 1 Tbsp dry yeast
- 2 cups + 4 Tbsp warm water
- 4 Tbsp lard + extra to grease the pan
Instructions
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In a bowl, combine dry ingredients ( flour, sugar, salt and dry yeast ).
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In a small pot, melt the lard, and add both lard and water to dry ingredients and mix, using spatula.
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Cover the dough and leave aside for 30 minutes.
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After 20 minutes of raising the dough, preheat the oven to 180 C / 356 F.
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Lightly grease the bread pan with lard ( 10.5 x 4 inches, 7 cups volume ).
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Re knead the dough and place it into the baking pan.
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Cut several stripes on the top, using knife, grease with lard and bake for 49 minutes. Check with tooth stick if baked.