Italian Black Olive Bread Recipes

OLIVE BREAD

Steps:

• Put the flour, salt, sugar and yeast together in a mixing bowl. Mix well.
• Tear olives with your fingers (you can chop them up, if you'd prefer to) and add to the dough and mix well. Using your finger, make a dip in the dough and pour in the water and oil.
• Mix with a fork until its sticky. Lightly sieve the worktop with flour, and knead the dough on the table. Put back into the bowl, cover with a towel and leave in a warm place for 45-60 mins.
• Preheat oven at 210ºC Fan/ 230ºC/Gas 8
• Tear the dough into 8 small balls, put in a lined baking tray and grase the dough balls.
• Cook for 10 mins, until ready.

HOMEMADE NO-KNEAD OLIVE BREAD RECIPE

Steps:

• Mix the dry ingredients; bread flour, active dry yeast, and kosher salt, in a large mixing bowl.
• Pour in 1 ⅓ cups (316 ml.) lukewarm water.
• Give it a mix using a wooden spoon. At this point, the dough needs to be quite sticky. Stir in the chopped olives and ensure that they are equally distributed throughout the batter. (Alternatively, you can use your clean hands to mix and feel the stickiness.)
• Cover the bowl with a clean kitchen towel and let it sit in a warmer part of your house for 18-24 hours.In my tests, I found that the bread baked after 18 hours of rising time was perfect, but the 24-hour one was also good. One important thing to mention here is that at the end of the rising time you might see a thin (kind of hard - for the lack of a better word) layer at the top of the dough. Don't be alarmed by that. In the next step, we will fold that into the dough and since it is a sticky one, the additional rising time will help soften it.
• Lightly flour a piece of parchment paper, gently remove the dough from the bowl, and place it onto the parchment. While removing, you will realize that it is quite sticky. However, if you take your time and gently pull it by folding it onto itself, you will see that it will come out easily without any dough remaining in the bowl. For a visual, be sure to watch the video below.
• Form the dough into a ball tucking the sides of the dough under. Lightly dust it with a little bit of flour, cover it with a clean kitchen towel, and let it rise for 1-2 hours or until it doubles in size. Again, I recommend letting it sit in a warmer part of your house.
• Towards the end of the rising time, place your dutch oven in the oven and pre-heat it to 450 F degrees.
• When ready to bake, carefully take the now-very hot dutch oven out of the oven. Using the edges of the parchment paper place the dough into the dutch oven. Put the lid on and bake for 30 minutes. Then remove the lid and continue to bake another 20-30 minutes or until the top is nicely golden brown as you see in the photos.
• At the end of the baking, remove it from the dutch oven, place it onto a cooling rack and let it cool for 30-45 minutes before slicing.

MEDITERRANEAN BLACK OLIVE BREAD

Steps:

• In a bowl, mix together flour, yeast, sugar, salt, garlic powder, italian seasoning, black olives, olive oil, and water.
• Turn out dough on a floured board.
• Knead until smooth- about 5 to 10 minutes.
• Let rise about 45 minutes, until it doubles in size and punch down.
• Knead for another 5 to 10 minutes an let rise for 30 minutes, until it doubles in size.
• Round the dough on kneading board.
• Place dough upside down in a bowl lined with a lint-free, well floured towel.
• Let rise until double in size.
• While the bread is rising for the third time, put a pan of water in the bottom of the oven.
• Preheat oven to 450 degrees.
• Gently turn loaf out onto a sheet pan that has been lightly oiled and dusted with cornmeal.
• Bake loaf at 450 degrees F for 15 minutes.
• Reduce heat to 375 degrees and bake for 30 more minutes, or until done.

HOMEMADE BLACK OLIVE BREAD

Steps:

• In the standup mixer or large bowl add the lukewarm water and sprinkle the yeast on top, let sit 5-10 minutes then stir to combine. Add the flour, salt and olive oil.
• Knead on speed #1 until just combined, add the chopped olives and knead on speed #2 for 5-6 minutes, until dough is compact and pulls away from the sides of the bowl. The dough should be slightly tacky but not stick to your hands, if needed add a bit more flour ½ tablespoon at a time.
• Place the dough on a floured flat surface and knead a few times to form a ball, place in a lightly oiled bowl, roll the dough to cover lightly with the oil, cover the bowl and let rise in a warm draft free area approximately 2 hours or doubled in bulk.
• Place the dough on a lightly floured flat surface and knead a few times, roughly flatten the dough then fold it into the desired shape, sprinkle with flour (rice, semolina or bread/all purpose). Cover the dough and let rise 30-60 minutes* in a warm draft free area.
• Pre heat the oven to 425° (220° celsius). If using a pizza stone or upside down cookie sheet place in the oven while it is pre-heating. Place an empty cake pan in the bottom of the oven.
• Score the dough, place the dough on the cookie sheet or pizza stone (be careful it will be very hot), add a cup of boiling water to the pan and bake. If using a dutch oven, place the bread on parchment paper and place in the pot (no need to pre-heat it) score, cover and bake.
• Bake for approximately 30 minutes for the cookie sheet and pizza stone, 25-30 minutes in the dutch oven, then remove the lid and bake for another 15-20 minutes. Enjoy!

OLIVE BREAD

Steps:

• In a large bowl, dissolve yeast in warm water. Add the oil, sugar, salt and 2 cups flour. Beat until smooth. Stir in enough remaining flour to form a firm dough., Turn onto a floured surface; knead until smooth and elastic, about 6-8 minutes. Place in a greased bowl, turning once to grease top. Cover and let rise in a warm place until doubled, about 1 hour., Punch dough down. Roll into a 16-in. x 12-in. rectangle. Sprinkle olives to within 1/2 in. of edges. Roll up jelly-roll style, starting with a long side; pinch seams to seal and tuck ends under. Place seam side down on a greased baking sheet. Cover and let rise until doubled, about 20 minutes., Bake at 375° for 20-25 minutes or until golden brown. Cool on a wire rack.

ITALIAN OLIVE BREAD

Steps:

• In a mixing bowl, pour 2 cups flour and add the dry ingredients. Stir to blend.
• Form a well in the flour and pour in the hot water.
• With a wooden spoon, pull flour into the water to form a batter.
• Break the eggs and drop into the batter.
• Vigorously stir the eggs and batter together till the eggs have been absorbed.
• Cut the butter into 2 or 3 pieces and drop into the mixture.
• With a wooden spoon or mixer flat beater, mix till the batterlike dough is smooth and silky, about 2 minutes.
• Stir in flour, 1/2 cup at a time, till the dough is a ball and can be turned out of the bowl onto a floured surface.
• The dough should not be sticky because of the high fat content of the butter and eggs, but if it is, add sprinkles of flour.
• Knead by hand or under a dough hook till smooth and elastic, about 8 minutes.
• Knead with a strong push-turn-fold motion and occasionally lift the dough and throw it back onto the work surface. Be aggressive!
• First rising:.
• Place the dough in a greased bowl and set aside at room temp to rise. (because of its richness, the dough may be slow to rise, but it will double in about 1 1/2 hours - or less if using rapid rise yeast).
• Shaping:.
• Drain the olives and mix the green and black together so they can be uniformly scattered over the dough. Set aside.
• Punch down the dough and turn onto the floured work surface.
• Pat and push the dough into a 14 inch square.
• Allow it to relax for 3-4 minutes before scattering the olives.
• Press the olives lightly into the dough.
• Roll up the dough as for a jelly roll to enclose the olives and place seam side down on a baking sheet/stone.
• Tuck the open ends of the dough under to make a smooth surface.
• Pat the loaf to flatten and shape into an oval about 2 inches thick.
• Second rising:.
• Cover the loaf with waxed paper or plastic wrap and leave at room temp till puffy, about 30 minutes.
• Preheat oven to 350 20 minutes before baking.
• Uncover the loaf and brush with beaten egg yolk.
• Bake in oven till richly browned, about 45 minutes. (Watch your time, depending on how your oven heats - don't over brown, but bake till the loaf sounds a bit hollow when tapped).
• Place on a rack and cool for at least 10 minutes. Serve warm or at room temperature.

ITALIAN BLACK OLIVE BREAD

Steps:

• 1. In a bowl, mix together flour, yeast, sugar, salt, garlic powder, italian seasoning, black olives, olive oil, and water.
• 2. Turn out dough on a floured board.
• 3. Knead until smooth, about 5 to 10 minutes.
• 4. Let rise about 45 minutes, until it doubles in size and punch down.
• 5. Knead for another 5 to 10 minutes an let rise for 30 minutes, until it doubles in size.
• 6. Round the dough on kneading board. Place dough upside down in a bowl lined with a lint-free, well floured towel. Let rise again until double in size.
• 7. While the bread is rising for the third time, put a pan of water in the bottom of the oven.
• 8. Gently turn loaf out onto a cookie sheet pan that has been lightly oiled and dusted with cornmeal.
• 9. Bake loaf at 450 degrees for 15 minutes. Reduce heat to 375 degrees and bake for 30 more minutes, or until done. Serve warm with butter or cool and serve with any dish. Store in an air tight bag or container.
• 10. NOTE: To make bread artisan slits, before baking gently run knife a few times on top of bread to cause dough to split, this will provide that split look on the bread while baking.

MEDITERRANEAN BLACK OLIVE BREAD

Steps:

• In a large bowl, mix together flour, yeast, sugar, salt, black olives, olive oil, and water.
• Turn out dough onto a floured board. Knead until smooth and elastic, 5 to 10 minutes. Set aside, and let rise about 45 minutes, until it doubles in size. Punch down. Knead well again, for about 5 to 10 minutes. Let rise for about 30 minutes, until it doubles in size.
• Round the dough on kneading board. Place upside down in a bowl lined with a lint-free, well floured towel. Let rise until double in size.
• While the bread is rising for the third time, put a pan of water in the bottom of the oven. Preheat oven to 500 degrees F (260 degrees C).
• Gently turn loaf out onto a sheet pan that has been lightly oiled and dusted with cornmeal.
• Bake loaf at 500 degrees F (260 degrees C) for 15 minutes. Reduce heat to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Bake for 30 more minutes, or until done.

SIMPLE ITALIAN MEATBALLS

Steps:

• In a large bowl mix together the ground beef, egg, bread crumbs, parmesan cheese, minced garlic, chopped parsley, salt and pepper. Slowly add the milk until you have a soft compact mixture. Form the mixture into small balls.
• In a large pan add the olive oil and the meatballs, brown on all sides turning often. Cook for approximately 5-6 minutes. Add the broth, cover and cook on medium/low heat for approximately 10-12 minutes or until cooked through. Stir occasionally to make sure the meatballs don't burn. Remove the lid and cook 2-3 minutes on high to thicken slightly. Serve immediately. Enjoy!