Ingredients:

  • 500g bread flour
  • 325g warm water (95°F/35°C)
  • 10g fine sea salt
  • 3g instant yeast
  • 15g extra virgin olive oil
  • 5g honey

Instructions:

  1. In a large mixing bowl, whisk together the bread flour, fine sea salt, and instant yeast.
  2. Add the warm water, honey, and olive oil to the dry ingredients.
  3. Stir with a sturdy spoon or your hands until a shaggy mass forms and no dry flour remains.
  4. Cover the bowl and let the dough rest for 20 minutes to allow for autolyse, which hydrates the flour and simplifies kneading.
  5. Turn the dough onto a lightly floured surface and develop the gluten through kneading until the dough is smooth and elastic.