Summary

Ingredients

For the dough: (pre-dough)

• 125 g flour, (durum wheat flour)
• 0.25 teaspoon ¼ dry yeast
• 150 g water, lukewarm

For the dough:

• 125 g flour, (durum wheat flour)
• 250 g semolina, (durum wheat semolina)
• 1 ½ teaspoon dry yeast
• 2 teaspoons salt
• 2 tablespoon olive oil
• 175 g water
• Semolina, for garnish

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Instructions

1. For the pre-dough:
2. Mix together durum wheat flour, dry yeast and water and leave to ferment covered at room temperature for 12-24 hours.
3. For the dough:
4. Mix the durum wheat flour, durum wheat semolina, dry yeast, salt, olive oil, water and the pre-dough until a soft, sticky dough is formed.
5. Place the dough on a floured work surface and knead for 10 minutes until it is smooth and elastic.
6. Place the dough in a bowl lightly coated with oil and let rise for about 1 1/2 hours until it has doubled in volume, then knock it off and let it rest for 10 minutes.
7. Divide the dough into 2 portions and form 2 round loaves, roll in semolina and place on a baking sheet. Flatten the loaves with your hands and let rise, covered, for about 1-1 1/2 hours until they have doubled in volume.
8. Preheat the oven to 240 ° C, put the bread in the oven and reduce the temperature to 200 ° C. Bake the breads for 30 minutes, until the crust is golden brown and they sound hollow.
9. Let cool on a wire rack.