Italian Bread for the Bread Machine

photo by Chef floWer


- Ready In:
- 4hrs 30mins
- Ingredients:
- 13
- Yields:
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1 Loaf (1kg)
ingredients
- 350 ml water
- 3 teaspoons olive oil
- 2 teaspoons salt
- 2 teaspoons sugar
- 650 g white bread flour (4 1/2 cups)
- 1 teaspoon bread improver
- 1 1⁄2 teaspoons dried yeast
- 8 cloves garlic, roasted
- 1⁄2 red onion, finely chopped
- 2 teaspoons oregano
- 3⁄4 cup parmesan cheese, shredded
- 1⁄4 cup sharp cheddar cheese, shredded
- 2 teaspoons fresh ground black pepper
directions
- Put first 7 ingredients into bread machine in order listed (or as per your bread machine's instructions).
- Start bread machine, again as per your instructions.
- (Mine says cook as"French" bread with a Medium crust).
- When prompted to add ingredients (usually towards the end of the second knead) add the mashed garlic cloves, onion, oregano,cheeses& black pepper.
- Let bread rise& cook.
- Serve warm with butter.
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Reviews
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Delicious and perfect with pasta! We served this bread with Ricotta and Spinach Stuffed Pasta Shells recipe#39292 and received rave reviews. I made a few slight changes in the recipe--such as using 1 tsp garlic salt and 1 tsp garlic powder in place of regular salt and garlic cloves. I also eliminated the bread improver because I didn't know what it was and used only 1 tsp pepper. To allow for my higher elevation I used only 1 tsp yeast. The bread came out perfectly and we will definitely be making this again soon.
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Oh my, this smelt wonderful while it was cooking in the bread machine. I kept to the recipe didn't change a thing but if I make it again I would defiantly add the oregano and black pepper with the flour to distribute evenly through the bread. This was so yummy plain or with butter. Thank you MrsSPheonix
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Great bread and everyone loved it! My sister came over and smelled the bread while cooling so I had to slice her a piece. I did not use bread improver because I was not sure what it was. Didnt have any roasted garlic or red onion so I used minced garlic and dried onion. Wonderful crunchy crust and the inside of the bread was tender. Sliced perfectly and would be great for sandwiches. Thank you for posting MrsSPhoenix!
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Delicious and perfect with pasta! We served this bread with Ricotta and Spinach Stuffed Pasta Shells recipe#39292 and received rave reviews. I made a few slight changes in the recipe--such as using 1 tsp garlic salt and 1 tsp garlic powder in place of regular salt and garlic cloves. I also eliminated the bread improver because I didn't know what it was and used only 1 tsp pepper. To allow for my higher elevation I used only 1 tsp yeast. The bread came out perfectly and we will definitely be making this again soon.
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