Sardinian Parchment Bread Recipes

SARDINIAN PARCHMENT BREAD

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 450 degrees F at least 40 minutes before baking.
• In a large bowl combine flours and salt and mix ingrediants thoroughly.
• Slowly add water, stirring with a wooden spoon until the mixture forms a soft dough (you many not need to add all the water.) With your hands, work the dough into a ball.
• Place on a clean, floured work surface and knead for about one minute.
• The dough should be firm and pliable, not sticky.
• Divide the dough evenly into 12 balls.
• Place the balls on a lightly floured surface.
• Flatten each ball into a thick 4-inch pancake.
• Generously flour the work surface and with with a heavy-duty rolling pin roll each portion of the dough as thin as possible into an 8" to 9" round.
• These breads are meant to be roughly shaped.
• Thinness is more important than the shape.
• The dough should be thin enough to see your hand through it.
• Place several rounds of dough on an ungreased baking sheet and place in the oven or place on a baking stone with a baker's peel.
• Bake until the top of the bread is firm and lightly browned, about 3 to 4 minutes.
• Baking time will vary and will also depend on the number of breads placed in the oven.
• With tongs or your fingers, turn the bread over and bake until the other side is slighly browned, 3 to 4 minutes more.
• (The bread should be rather bumpy, puffy, and irregular, with occaisional pockets full of air.) Transfer the bread to a wire rack to cool.
• Repeat wtih the remaining rounds of dough.
• The bread cools quickly and can be served immediately.

SARDINIAN CRISPBREAD - GIULIO BULLONI PANIFICIO, BITTI, ITALY

Steps:

• Combine first 3 ingredients in large bowl. Slowly mix in enough lukewarm water to form moist soft dough. Knead in bowl until dough is no longer sticky. Knead dough on lightly floured work surface until smooth, about 15 minutes. Cover with plastic and let stand at room temperature at least 20 minutes and up to 1 1/2 hours.
• Preheat oven to 450°F Very lightly dust 2 large baking sheets with whole what pastry flour. Divide dough into 8 equal pieces. Pat 1 piece into disk (keep remaining dough covered). Roll out disk to 13-inch round, lifting and turning often. Transfer to baking sheet. Bake until edges begin to turn up and bread is still malleable, about 3 minutes. Turn bread over and bake until bread bubbles in spots and is golden in places, about 4 minutes longer. Transfer to rack.
• Brush oil over bread. Sprinkle with sea salt.
• Repeat with remaining dough.