Scali

8 ingredients
1 steps

Ingredients

  • 1 recipe Basic Dough with Pate Fermentee, recipe follows
  • Cornmeal, for dusting, as needed
  • Raw sesame seeds, as needed
  • Special equipment: Baking stone, bench scraper, spray bottle of water, and parchment paper
  • 3 1/2 cups unbleached, unbromated all-purpose flour (1 pound)
  • 2 1/4 teaspoons kosher salt (9 grams)
  • 1 teaspoon minus 1/16 teaspoon instant dry yeast (2.8 grams)
  • 1 1/4 cups plus 1 tablespoon 63 degree F. water (.67 pound)

Directions

  1. 1
    ["Place a baking stone in the middle of the oven and preheat to 470 degrees F.", "Lightly dust work surface with cornmeal.", "With a bench scraper divide the dough into 2 equal pieces.", "Lightly round the halves and let rest on surface for 15 minutes.", "Shape the rested dough halves into French loaves and let rest for 5 minutes.", "Roll each loaf into a long rope.", "Twist each rope into a braid.", "Spray the tops with water and dip the tops in sesame seeds.", "Transfer the shaped loaves onto the back of 2 cookie sheets lined with parchment paper, cover lightly plastic wrap.", "Place the loaves in a warm place and let rise for 45 to 60 minutes.", "Working with 1 loaf a time, slide the scali, still on the parchment paper, onto the baking stone and and bake until crispy and brown, about 30 to 40 minutes.", "Transfer the scali to a rack to cool.", "Repeat with the remaining loaf.", "Pate Fermentee just means \"old dough\"".""

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