| Olive Oil bread is fantastic to eat with anything, | | | | and use your hands to make a soft ball. Take |
| but goes particularly well with pasta and any | | | | your time with this step and really kneed your |
| Italian food. My great friend big Tony showed me | | | | hands around until you have a soft perfectly |
| how to make the tastiest olive oil bread in the | | | | formed ball. |
| whole world, and it actually tastes better then | | | | Step three: Add additional flour to ensure that |
| anything I have ever had served to me in a | | | | your ball becomes soft and easy to kneed. |
| restaurant. My mate big tony is a panel beater of | | | | Step four: Place your perfectly round ball into a |
| Sicilian background but he cooks like a professional | | | | really well greased bowl. Place a cover completely |
| chef and his family own a well-known Italian | | | | over the bowl and leave it for exactly ten |
| restaurant in our city. | | | | minutes. It will have almost doubled in size by |
| I thought I should explain all that because when | | | | then. |
| you eat the finished product it really will blow your | | | | Step five: Once you return shape your bread |
| mind, and you are going to be left wondering how | | | | anyway you like. Tony showed me in a way that |
| a panel beater could pass on a recipe like the one | | | | left the dough in a large perfect ball shape. Place |
| below. | | | | the ball or whatever you have created on a |
| Tony had me write all of the ingredients down | | | | greased up piece of paper and cover again, this |
| and do some shopping before calling over to his | | | | time leaving for half an hour. Again allowing the |
| place. All I had to do was turn up with a carton of | | | | bread to rise. |
| persona beer and receive a cooking lesson like no | | | | My suggestion at this point is to drink two quality |
| other. My shopping list had me picking up the | | | | beers as it will help with the creative process and |
| following items dry yeast, white sugar,flour,olive | | | | it will make the bread taste better in the end I |
| oil(best you can find) and of course the persona | | | | promise. |
| so Tony and I could get a little drunk as we | | | | Step 6: Have you oven preheated to 390 |
| made the olive oil bread. | | | | degrees and then place the bread into the oven |
| Cooking with Tony felt a little like being in a scene | | | | and leave for exactly 32 minutes. Your bread will |
| from the God Father. We had Sinatra playing | | | | have a lovely glow about it at this point. |
| loudly as we through our ingredients around on | | | | Step 7: break two eggs in a bowl and whisk for 3 |
| the bench and began to create bread that tastes | | | | minutes, then brush two spoons of egg onto your |
| like no other. So anyway, we laid our ingredients | | | | bread and place back in the oven for a further 4 |
| out on the bench. | | | | minutes. |
| Step one: Heat a half cup of water to about 120 | | | | The result will be bread that tastes like it was |
| degrees and then mix four tablespoons of olive oil. | | | | made in heaven or maybe even a prison in Italy. |
| One teaspoon of sugar, one teaspoon of salt and | | | | Either way I am confident you will love how this |
| a half spoon of active dry yeast. All in a large | | | | bread tastes and when big Tony offered to teach |
| bowl and then mix in well with the warm water. | | | | me how he cooked pasta I was there in a heart |
| Step 2: tip two, a bit cups of flour into the bowl, | | | | beat. |