La pizza napoletana

La pizza napoletana

A real Pizza Napoletana is very hard to replicate at home. A wood-fired oven is essential and I recommend to use a pizza flour that has the right elasticity. Ingredients 500 g pizza flour (100%) – I use Caputo Pizzeria 315 g water (63%) 90 g liquid natural yeast...
Baguette with poolish

Baguette with poolish

Here it is my french baguette recipe! Summertime is ideal for baguettes. Have it with a fresh salad or make light crostini with chopped tomatoes and olive oil. This version has a pre-fermentation step, called poolish, that will make it light and with a perfect crust....
Torta delle Rose

Torta delle Rose

A delicious breakfast or afternoon snack, typical of Nothern Italy. Ingredients 500 flour (200g Manitoba, 300g flour type “00” ) 150g natural yeast, refreshed and doubled in volume 140g milk 90g sugar 3 eggs 55g butter zest of a lemon (or an orange) 1/2tsp...
Focaccia Pugliese

Focaccia Pugliese

The most famous focaccia is the one from the region of Liguria, but other regions have their version of it and here’s how they make it in Apulia! Just a note that this is the Apulian version with no potato in the dough, which is traditional! Ingredients 500g...
Mini buns with kefir

Mini buns with kefir

I add some extra goat kefir to use and came up with this recipe for soft mini buns, slightly tangy, just perfect with butter and jam. Ingredients 300 g bread flour (100%) 80 g of liquid natural yeast (26%) 120 g water (40%) 120 g kefir, I used goat kefir (40%) 15 g...
Sandwich bread

Sandwich bread

Versitile plain sandwich bread. This bread works with both savory and sweet ingredients. Ingredients 500 g bread flour (100%) 150 g of liquid natural yeast (30%) 280 g whole milk (56%) 60 g butter (12%) 30 g sugar (6%) 7.5 g salt (1.5%) Instructions Kneading I...