Greek Olive Bread Recipe - Baking.Food.com (2024)

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Submitted by Olha7397

"Nuggets of feta cheese and olives stud this delicious loaf, perfect with grilled or barbecued lamb or chicken."

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Ready In:
1hr 5mins

Ingredients:
9
Yields:

1 bread

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ingredients

  • 3 - 3 1⁄2 cups bread or 3 -3 1/2 cups unbleached all-purpose flour
  • 1 (2 3/4 teaspoon) package active dry yeast or (2 3/4 teaspoon) package fast rising yeast
  • 1 tablespoon sugar
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
  • 1 cup very warm water
  • 1 cup coarsely chopped pitted oil-cured olives or 1 cup black olives
  • 1⁄2 cup crumbled feta cheese
  • 2 teaspoons extra virgin olive oil, for brushing

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directions

  • In a large mixing bowl stir 3 cups of the flour, the yeast, sugar, and salt together.
  • Make a hole in the center of the dry ingredients and pour in the 2 tablespoons olive oil and the water.
  • Stir until all the dry ingredients are moistened.
  • Cover and let stand for 15 minutes.
  • Sprinkle a work surface with flour.
  • Scrape dough out onto the floured surface.
  • Dust the top of the dough with flour.
  • Knead until the dough is smooth and develops small bubbles just under the surface, about 5 minutes, adding more flour if the dough gets sticky.
  • Place in a clean, greased bowl, turning to grease all over.
  • Cover and let rise in a warm place until doubled, 1 to 1 1/2 hours.
  • Punch down the dough and pat it into a ½ inch thick circle.
  • Sprinkle with the olives and cheese.
  • Knead the dough lightly to incorporate the ingredients, then shape into a ball.
  • Pat out to make a circle 8 inches in diameter.
  • Place on a greased baking sheet.
  • With a 3-inch round cutter, cut a circle in the center but leave the round of dough in place.
  • (You can bake the removed center alongside the bread; it will probably cook faster than the circular loaf.) Brush the dough with the 2 teaspoons of oil.
  • Cover and let rise until puffy, 30 to 45 minutes.
  • Preheat the oven to 375 F.
  • Bake for 25 minutes or until the crust is a rich golden brown and the loaf sounds hollow when tapped.
  • Cool the bread on a wire rack before slicing.
  • Makes 1 round loaf.
  • Beatrice Ojakangas Baking Book.

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Reviews

  1. I took the tips & added sun-dried tomato strips & green olives w/pimentos along with the Kalamata olives - subbing as I realized at teh last minute I did not have feta on hand. I used olive oil from the sun-dried tomatoes - lent a beautiful rosy cast to the bread. I did add 2 teaspoons of vital wheat gluten to the mix. Used my trusty ancient bread machine on raisin setting for mixing & first rise - divided dough into 2 rounds & rose them on a scattering of sesame seeds for 45 minutes. The loaves rose amazingly high - baked @ 375 degrees F for 40 minutes. These loaves look beautiful, feel soft & taste unbelievably great! I'm taking one in to periodontist's office in am when I go for another surgery - bribery works! :) Thank you Olga Drozd for a recipe I plan to use several times during the holidays! (Next time with feta!)

    Busters friend

  2. The dough was tough (even after a good pounding and sifting the flour). Couldn't taste the feta and not fluffy at all. Will end up feeding to the ducks.

    Natures Cuisine

  3. Delicious! This is a full flavored bread. I made it in my bread machine and used black, kalamata, and green olives, as well as goat feta, pesto and sundried tomatoes. This is a lovely bread that I will make again, I could see it making really yummy sandwich bread as well, I'm using it with soup. Thank you!

    Jazmina

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  4. This bread was delicious even though my bread machine stopped ten minutes into the cycle, I had to scrape it out, put in a little too little flour and ended up with a focaccia-shaped loaf. But what a loaf! Delicious - little explosions of flavor with every bite. If you also use a bread machine, remember not to add the olives and cheese until the very end, so that they stay recognizable.

    duonyte

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Olha7397

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