Ingredient !
4 cups of all purpose flour. 2 teaspoon salt for dough. 1 teaspoon dry yeast. 2 cups lukewarm water. 1-3 teaspoon mashed, roasted garlic
Preparation !
make your own roasted garlic in just 30 minutes or buy, jarred, in supermarket Mix dry ingredients in a bowl Add water 1 cup at a time, combining all dry ingredients with first cup of water before adding second cup. Important so take your time to incorporate first cup completely before moving to second. Add the mashed roasted garlic Cover and let rise at room temperature anywhere from 8-12 hours
Right before uncovering the risen dough, flour a clean cutting board and prepare kitchen scissors with blades dipped in flour. Then preheat oven to 400 degrees and put cast iron or enamelware skillet in over to preheat at the same time. WITH OVEN MITTS, remove hot pan from the oven, wipe bottom of pan lightly with olive oil and set on stove top. Turn out risen dough onto floured surface, a rubber spatula can help here, and gently shape into a ball. Transfer dough ball from the floured surface to hot pan, a dough scraper is helpful for this.
Use prepared kitchen scissors to cut a cross in the top of your loaf, sprinkle generously with sea salt and bake for 45-50 minutes until the loaf is a beautiful golden brown and the bottom, tapped, makes a slightly hollow sound. Remove from pan immidiately and allow to cool for at least 10 minutes on a wire rack before cutting. Serve