Wednesday, January 11, 2012

Rough and Ready Village Olive Bread


Take 4 cups of plain flour in your bowl, add 2 teaspoons baking powder, 1 cup olive oil, 2 cups lukewarm water. 

Mix them by hand, until you have a very soft and fluid dough. Now add 2 cups olives (I prefer to leave the pips in, as they do here in the village, but you can always pip and slice the olives (or buy ready sliced olives), about 3 teaspoons of dried mint (rub it through you fingers into the mix) and 1 large (or two small) onions, finely diced. 

Knead the dough until all the ingredients are distributed through the dough, and put into a pan. 

Place the pan into a medium oven (180C) for one hour, or until it is a nice golden brown colour. Serve with coffee for a nice snack, or with some nice hearty soup to make a very filling meal!


ENJOY!