Making Bread at home is not that difficult, you just need patience to raise the dough and usually it takes 2 hours at least before baking it! To tell you the truth, I didn’t wait that long because I just wanted to try this recipe during my intensive workshop.

As you can see it doesn’t have lots of crisps on top because the dough was baked 40min after it was prepared! However the taste is just GOOD and if you follow the steps nothing can go wrong!

Ingredients:
500g Flour
1 tsp. Sugar
1 tsp. Salt
2 tsp. Yeast
300ml Warm water
100g Black olives (I used some remaining olive paste)

The dough process:
1. Put the flour in a bowl with the salt and sugar and make a hole in the center.
2. Mix the yeast with warm water and leave for 5-10 min till you see a soft crust on the top.
3. Pour the yeast-water in the center of flour and mix until the dough catches a little consistency.
At this stage nothing can go wrong, always a solution to your doubts:
You might need some extra flour if you feel the dough is too liquid because flour is different from country to another. if you feel it is too thick you might need a bit more water.
Note: the dough should be sticky
4. Then add sliced olives into the dough. better to mix with a wooden spoon because the dough is very soft and sticky.
5. Cover the bowl with cling film or in a plastic bag and leave it for 2 hours in a warm place (I usually put it in the microwave).

The baking process:
1. Choose a stainless steel pot that has a lid(24cm diameter) and put it in the oven with its lid until temperature reaches 220°C.
2. Meanwhile, work the dough and form a round shape on a flour dusted area.
3. Carefully remove the pot once the temperature reaches 220°C, put the dough inside, put the lid on and put it back in the oven for 40min.
4. Then remove the lid and bake for another 10min to give it a nice color.
5. Remove the pot and let it cool for 10minutes before getting your crusty olive bread!

Enjoy your homemade olive bread with Labneh and mint topping!