Instructions
Step 1: Preparing The Dough
- Combine salt, flour, yeast, and sugar in a bowl and give a quick stir
- Add in the cheese, olive oil, and rosemary. Mix.
- Finally, add the water a little at a time to combine it into a wet shaggy mass of dough.
Step 2: First Proofing
- Grease a bowl with little oil, transfer the wet dough to it, cling wrap, and allow it to proof for 8 hours on the countertop. Alternatively, grease the inner pot of your Instant Pot. Transfer the dough to it.
- Set the yogurt mode and time to 4 hours, normal pressure. Proof of the set time.
Step 3: Shaping the Dough
- Dust the worktop with some flour and tip the proofed dough onto it. Dust the top of the dough as well with some bread.
- Shape it into a boule. Won’t take you more than 30 to 40 seconds. Refer to the quick video on how to do it the right way or the detailed video included in this recipe card.
- Transfer it to a banneton that has been pre-lined with parchment paper.
Step 4: Second Proofing and Preheating the Oven
- Cover the top with a tea towel and allow it to prove for 30 mins.
- Meanwhile, place the dutch oven in the oven. Preheat the oven to 230°C which is 450F degrees for the same time which is 30 mins.
Step 5: Baking the Bread
- After 30 mins take the dutch oven out of the oven. Caution: It would be super hot so make sure to use oven mittens.
- Carefully lift the parchment paper with the dough from the banneton and place it in the dutch oven.
- Brush the top with some olive oil, sprinkle some chopped rosemary on top, and make 2 cuts on top of the bread. (Do not spend much time at this stage).
- Put the lid back on the dutch oven and off it goes into the hot oven for 30 mins.
- After 30 mins, take the lid off the dutch oven and cook it uncovered for additional 15 mins to get the golden crispy crust on top.
- So a total time of 45 mins is what you need to bake the bread, 30 mins with the lid on, and the final 15 mins without the lid.
- After the baking time take the bread immediately out of the dutch oven and place it on a cooling rack to cool for 10 to 15 mins. Then slice and enjoy.
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