Hobza (Hard - Crusted Bread)

This is the hard-crusted bread recipe, good to eat with cheese, oil and tuna and good for toasts as well.

Ingredients

15g dried yeast

1/2 cup lukewarm water

1/2 teaspoon sugar

3 cups plain flour

1 teaspoon salt

1 tablespoon oil

1 cup lukewarm water, extra

extra plain flour

Method 

1. Crumble yeast into basin, add the ½ cup warm water, sprinkle sugar into water, cover, stand in warm place 15 – 20 minutes or until mixture is slightly foamy.  Sift flour and salt into large china or glass basin, make well in centre, pour in yeast mixture, oil and extra water.  Mix with hand squeezing dough well until dough starts to leave side of the basin.
2. Cover and let stand in warm place about 30 minutes or until dough has doubled in bulk.
3. Turn dough onto lightly floured surface, knead well for about 5 minutes using as little flour as possible.
4. Shape into a round ball, place on lightly greased oven tray, dust top thickly with extra flour, slash top as per photo. 
5. Put dough in cold oven, turn to moderately hot, (200C) for 45 minutes