Italian Bread and Biscuits Recipes - Yeast Pastry (Pasta Lievitata) Recipe

Ingredients

•  225 g/8 oz plain (all-purpose) flour

• 2.5 ml/1/2 tsp salt

• 2.5 ml/1/2 tsp sugar

• 5 ml/1 tsp easy-blend dried yeast

• 15 ml/1 tbsp olive oil or melted

• unsalted (sweet) butter Hand-hot water

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Method:

1. Mix the flour, salt, sugar and yeast in a bowl. Stir in the oil or butter.

2. Mix with enough hot water to form a soft, but not sticky, dough. Knead gently on a lightly floured surface for 5 minutes.

3. Return to the bowl and cover with Clingfilm (plastic wrap). Leave to rise in a warm place for 45 minutes.

4. Re-knead, roll out thinly and use as required.