Bread with Speck

An Italian bread particulary tasty and appetizing is bread with cubes of speck. Speck is an italian specility of Bolzano, in Alto Adige. It is a kind of italian ham obtained from pork smoked and seasoned. This morning I opened my fridge and I saw speck so I decide to prepare bread with speck and this is the recipe that I follow.

INGREDIENTS (for 1 Kg of Bread)

1Kg of Flour

1 Teaspooon of Sugar

3 Teaspoons of Salt

3-4 Spoons of Extra virgin olive oil

400 ml of Water

40 g of Yeast

100 g of Speck

PREPARATION TIME: 4 hours

COOKING TIME: 30-40 minutes

PREPARATION

Cut the speck into cubes.

In a bowl combine the flour, the sugar, the salt and the extra virgin olive oil.

Then add the water and the yeast and knead vigorously until you obtain a solid dough.

Open the dough and whip in the speck.

When the dough is ready, make a cross over the surface, and prove it for about 3-4 hours.

Preheat the oven to 180°C. When the leaving is finished put the dough in the oven and cook fo about 30-40 minutes. This is the result:

BUON APPETITO!