My husband’s mother always made 5 loaves of bread plus a pizza every Friday when he was a teenager. Of course they were an Italian family. She was the best cook! I lived across the street and was best friends with his sister so I got to eat all of this delicious food! I watched her make her bread and she did all of the mixing and kneading by hand, but it had the same ingredients. Delicious! Can’t wait to try your method! Thank you!
This is the best I have seen on RU-vid, I came to Canada in 1975, I saw this recipe on TV with a chef's name Fran, I made constantly for my family, and friends, everyone loves it. She was also Italian. Thanks much for sharing this with others, you are also very nicely spoken, also very handsome. Blessings
I made this and you were right. I was using too much flour in my bread recipes. Thanks for tip! I made your bread by hand and it was great. Tyvm and God Bless!
Thanks for the recipe. What an easy bread! I use baker's percentages, to scale up or down (usually, scaled down, and using toaster oven to bake). 100.00% All-purpose flour 57.14% Water (warm) 1.69% Salt 1.20% Sugar 2.66% Instant Dry Yeast 3 rises; 450°F for ~15 min., sprayed w/water each 5 min.
Great job Im going to give it a try ,My wife is Sicilian and I sure love Italian food,She learned from her father how to cook who came from Sicily, .....God bless
Thanks so much. Tasted great, especially sopping up the sauce. My wife and I have been experimenting for years. We need to turn our oven up a bit or leave the bread in a little longer next time. Nothing will ever taste my like Neapolitan Mothers Italian bread but it is very close. But she cooked Sicilian for my Father!
Quick, simple, easy. I’m gonna try it your way! This loaf is small enough that I can bake it in my countertop oven. It preheats quickly and maintains a much more accurate temp than my range oven does.
I really enjoyed your video. Just starting to get into baking bread. I love how you made it so simple and not so convoluted!! I'll be making this tomorrow morning! Bless you!
I have tried dozens of bread recipes. Some not bad, others a disaster. Made yours today. Wow. Easiest yet. Came out real real nice. This is my go to bread recipe from now on. When On a good thing stick to it. Thankyou Phil.
I used my kitchen aid mixer with a dough hook. I had to add just a little bit more water to get it to the right consistancy. My oven has a profiting temp of 95 degrees. I used that for my first 2 rises. Then set the baking temp.
Love this, wrote it all down, will be trying this!! From one Italian to another, bel pane! Thanks for sharing 🍞❤....update...waiting to go in the oven now...so easy...so far looks great!!
Just got the apron, Phil! Now I feel like I can really cook your recipes! ALWAYS weigh bread ingredients, pre-heat oven to 500 prior to baking at your final temperature. This is a very low hydration recipe.
I'm making this for the third time today; dough is proofing now. The first time, I kneaded it in the bowl just until the flour was all incorporated. The second time, I kneaded about 4-5 minutes longer. It came out a bit dense, but was still good. This third time I did the same as the first. Also, I'm adding a sprinkle of sesame seeds before baking.
wow so easy & best part is you taught me how to use my digital scale properly, i gotta make this bread tonight. i don't like how my bread comes out using bread pans. love learning how to bake. mama mia :)
Oh Wow! You have made bread making so easy for me. First time watching your channel and a new subscriber as well. I loved at how easy you made this look and to make. It looks so soft. I'm going to make my first loaf tonight. Going to try and make this in my Air Fryer / Oven. Thanks, you so much. Will let you know how it turned out.
Here's a Greek tip. Uses a wet towel to cover dough while it rises. He's right on the H2O. To get really crispy crust you need h20. I also use a poolish when making bread. I also like semolina...just a cup.
I'm anxious to try your recipe Sir. The loaves of bread look very inviting to eat. Beautiful Kitchen. You're a Good Teacher for baking bread and probably a lot of other fine foods.
After watching numerous videos, I’ve decided to use your recipe for my first attempt. You must be Sicilian, you are the only one I’ve seen cut the loaf on its side !! Lol
Hi Joyce. Thanks for watching my bread video! If your bread is not browning but it is done inside you might want to try an egg wash instead of spraying with water. Mix 1 egg with 2 Tbsp of water and brush lightly on top of the loaf before putting in the oven. You only need to do this once unlike spraying with water a few times. The egg will bake and promote browning. I know that ovens are all different. You just have to experiment to get it right! Hope this helps and let me know if there is anything else I can assist you with. Nothing like a fresh loaf of perfect bread!
Now, you are a genious...... you just resolved my dough problem. My dough when bread is made , was too thick, too much dough in the middle and sometimes would not even cook all the way.
@@themywaychef3615 I made your Italian bread again today...Always perfect!!!! I use the shower caps every time I make ANYTHING that needs to rise, Thanks for the "secret" .
He doesn't use bread flour because it's expensive I'm sure he could afford a couple of pennies more look at the house look at the kitchen he's living in this guy's a riot and a good cook I'm sure😅🥰👍🏻👏🏼👏🏼
Thanks for the great video! I'm baking this today, wish me luck. I really enjoyed your video, you're very informative and entertaining at the same time. : )
You have a good bread recipe, I use Ceresota unbleached flour its the same as Hecklers. it has a little less protein than bread flour and I spooned one cup of flour in a bowl and weighed it after zeroing and it weighed by my scale 130 grams I am sure Humidity can effect weight, flour because of the way they are ground can change the density and weight. I made your recipe and it came out very good. For small amounts of bread I also use a food Processor.
Commadre! I was born and raised in East Boston! Both parents born in Sicily. Such fond memories there! We visit Santarpio's every time we are in Boston and cruise down Chelsea Street where we lived. Glad you are enjoying my videos. My mom's family lived in the North End. I love it too!
So, I've made this twice. Both times the bread did not rise in the oven. I'm following the recipe and your video exactly. I am using a Breville Food Processor to mix the dough and pulse until the dough comes to a ball. Then I knead it until smooth as a baby's bottom and put in an oiled bowl with a cover. The dough rises as expected in the first and second rises. When I form the bread and wait for the third rise it flattens. When placed in the oven it gets a very small rise during cooking. The height of the bread upon completion is about 1.5 inches at most. The bread is tasty and cooks well, otherwise. Do you have any suggestions? I can send you a couple of photos if you like.
Hi Harry, thanks for watching my video. Here are a couple of questions....1. What is the temperature of the water when proofing the yeast? 2. Is the yeast proofing as in the video....bubbling after proper time? 3. Would you say the first and second rises are doubling in size? OR how much are they rising? Let me know these answers and maybe we can zero in on the problem. Phil
@@themywaychef3615 Water temp in all cases was 110-115ºF. The yeast proofed with bubbling as suggested. Both the first and second rises doubled in size each time. The third rise just comes up a little rendering a flatter bread almost like a ciabatta but denser.
@@harryconte7222 Hi Harry. Ok. Thanks for the info. Not sure what is happening as you seem to be doing everything right. Maybe try omitting the second rise - since the third one is the one causing problems - and see what happens. Trial and error. Let me know what happens!
@@themywaychef3615 It has been! I've been a baking manic!!! I'm actually letting a batch rise right now to attempt dinner rolls using your recipe. I can't thank you enough!
Hi everyone. This was, unfortunately, a fail for me. Maybe its my altitude?? Followed the directions to the letter. After the three 5-minute times in the oven, my bread wasn't even a bit brown, and the internal temp was only 130 degrees. After adding 3 additional 10-minute segments at 450 degrees, it browned nicely, but it only had an internal temp of 170-175. Total bake time 45 minutes. Took it out and gave up. Again, maybe my altitude? I'm at 5,600 feet. Loved the video, though. ❤
First time making bread and I chose your recipe due to how simple it was. I had to leave the bread in the oven for a few more minutes, most likely due to the oven size difference or location of the rack. While the style and thickness of the bread loaf is not something I personally enjoy, the taste of the bread was really good. I would highly recommend this video to anyone starting out with bread making and to learn the basics. It will give you the confidence needed to take your baking to the next level. Side note, be very careful while cleaning the food processor and it's blades. I didn't think they were that sharp and while I was using a sponge in one had to remove the tiny dough bits. My other hand slipped across one of the blades and sliced open my left pinky. The blade was so sharp, I didn't feel a thing. It wasn't until I saw blood forming at the bottom of the container, I noticed I cut myself and then I started to feel the pain.
I use a bread maker and it just doesn't produce the light Italian bread I like. It's decent enough bread, but it's very heavy. I notice you use a lot more yeast. Your recipe is very straight forward. I also want to try it as a pizza crust. I bet it would make a great pizza.
Yes, his video only says to bake one loaf for 10 minutes at 450°...... I have made at least 250 loaves of bread in my life. Bread takes AT LEAST 30 to 40 minutes TOTAL to bake.
@themywaychef3615 Well, they came out amazing! I'm 57 and never weighed my ingredients, but I did notice the measurements were absolutely off. I will continue to use this method 🙌🏻 Appreciate your videos. Have a m Merry Christmas!
Amazing bread I've made it once before ! Just a question could I make the dough and put in the fridge overnight and bake it the following day or would it be better to bake it the day before and warm it up alittle for the following night? Thanks alot I love your recipes
Grazie Phil! I can’t wait to try it! Is the recipe written out somewhere? I did not see it. I really miss the Italian bread I grew up on, I can’t wait to try to make this!
Hello! Great video!! I am from Jersey and moved to NC about 8 years ago. There is NO good bread here anywhere so I am just now thinking I should make my own. I love the crunchy outer crust with the chewy inside. Nothing like it. I do like sesame seeds on the crust though. How could I incorporate them into your recipe??
I followed the recipe to the best of my ability with the supplies I had. I basted the water because I don’t have a spray bottle and I used a stone instead of a silicone baking mat. I also used bread flour. My first two proofs were huge. The third, after I made the loaf hardly did anything. Why is that? My loaf ended up much smaller. I also didn’t get the crust on my bread but I read another comment about egg wash, which I’ll try next time. I also think my oven doesn’t heat quite as warm as it says it is. After 15 minutes baking my bread was only at 170 degrees.
Total baking time in my oven is 15 minutes. Mist and bake for 5 minutes three times. Each oven is different so another way to know if the bread is done is to use a thermometer and bread is done at 190 degrees. Here is a link to the written recipe and it outlines baking. Thanks for watching. express.adobe.com/page/YK1kz8wKLhxOi/
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