Portuguese Water Bread (Thermomix)
Incredibly easy to make, tastes amazing and everyone who's tasted it love it too!
Ingredients
- 550g water
- 720g strong white bread flour plus extra for dusting
- 1 tsp (7g) sachet dried instant yeast, or 10g fresh yeast, crumbled
- 10g salt
Instructions
- Place the water and flour in the mixing bowl then mix for 20 seconds/speed 6. Leave to hydrate for 40 minutes.
- Add the yeast and salt (on separate sides of the dough) then knead the dough for 6 minutes. Leave to rest in the mixing bowl until doubled in size (approx. 2 hours). After 1.5 hours, preheat the oven to 270C/250C fan (see Cookidoo Tip within the Notes below) and dust a baking tray with flour.
- Using the spatula, transfer the dough to a lightly floured surface. Without knocking out too much air, use a dough scraper/cutter to shape the dough into a loaf, tucking the sides of the dough underneath. Transfer the loaf shaped dough to the prepared baking tray, then using a sharp knife, cut a slit lengthways along the top then bake for 25 minutes at 250C fan. Reduce the temperature to 200C/180C fan and bake for a further 10 minutes, until the loaf sounds hollow when tapped underneath. Transfer to a wire rack to cool completely before serving.
Notes
Cookidoo Tip
- Some ovens don't go up to 250C fan, so bake your Portuguese water bread at 230C fan for 35 to 45 minutes until the loaf sounds hollow when tapped underneath.