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My recipe
Rosemary bread - Pan marino
Introduction
The revival of this beautiful recipe is connected with the name Luciano Pancaldo, a baker from the town in the north of Italy, Ferrara.
Reading the biographical materials about D'Este family, the rulers of Ferrara at that time, Luciano Pancaldo came across the description of the bread, which was baked for the Dukes. The bread, which was full of rosemary aroma, had a light crumb and golden crust decorated with salt crystals shimmering like diamonds.
Being very inspired by the description he decided to create the recipe for Panmarino.
1 loaf or 6 rolls
- 450 g bread flour (12% protein)
- 3 g dry yeast (10 g fresh)
- 2 tsp salt
- 1 tbsp chopped rosemary
- 2 tbsp olive oil
- 120 ml warm water
- 140 ml milk
- Mix dry yeast with flour (the fresh one should be dissolved in a bit of water and left to stay for 10 min)
- Add salt and rosemary to the flour
- Combine water with milk, add to the flour and make a dough. Add oil at the end
- Knead the dough for 10-15 min, the dough should be soft, but not sticking to the fingers
- Place the dough into the bowl, cover with cling film and leave to rise until doubled in size (1,5 hour)
- Punch the dough lightly and transfer to the working space
- Divide into 6 portions
- Shape the rolls and place them onto the tray covered with the parchment paper
- Cover and leave to rise again for 30 min
- Preheat the oven to 230C and place the water tray at the bottom of the oven
- Slash the rolls, brush them with water and sprinkle with coarse sea salt
- Place the rolls into the preheated and steamed oven for 7 min
- After first 4 min spray the oven with water again
- Reduce the heat to 200C and bake for 7-10 min until golden.
Thoughts and Ideas
The bread will be appreciated by those who love Italian-types of bread. Very delicious.
After the first rise, punch the dough really gently otherwise it can lose it light structure.
If you are baking the bread loaf, the second rise should take 45-50 min, and bake for 30 min.
I made this bread several times and realized that I prefer to use only water, without milk. I use mineral sparkling water. Also I always add a bit of sugar. I take fresh rosemary
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