Bread with spices and garlic

What woke me up this morning was the wonderful smell coming from the kitchen. My mother was baking this delicious bread with irresistible taste. There is no better way to start your day with a loaf of freshly baked delicious bread. The combinations for eating bread with garlic and spices are numerous, but one thing is sure, if you try it once you will be back for more very soon. I asked my mother for the recipe because I wanted to share it with all of you.

Ingredients:

• 550 g flour 
• 230 ml water (hot) 
• ½ packet fresh yeast 
• 1 tablespoon sugar 
• ½ tablespoon salt 
• 120 g butter 
• 1 spoon oregano, rosemary (or basil) 
• 1 spoon grinded dry red pepper
• 2-3 bulbs onion 
• 2 kosher salt 
• Little black pepper 
• Little olive oil 

Prepartion:

1. In a bowl add little lukewarm water, add flour, ½ tablespoon sugar, grind the yeast and leave it to rise. 
2. Meanwhile melt the butter, add salt, oregano, garlic, thyme and mix well all these ingredients. 

Preparing the dough:

1. In another bowl add the rest of the water, add the flour, yeast, butter; stir well until you get homogenous mixture. Leave the dough to rise, to double in size. 
2. Re-knead the risen dough and transfer it to another pot. With knife, cut the upper part of the dough. Pour olive oil on the bottom of the pot and on the dough surface; sprinkle the dough with salt and grinded dry red pepper. 
3. Preheat the oven at 230°C. Bake the bread for about 30 minutes with cover, after that decrease the temperature to 200°C, remove the lid and bake for another 10-15 minutes. 

Before eating leave the dough to cool. Enjoy!

If you visit sites.google.com and read more about the art of recipes, you can read find out many many other recipes. If you are curious about the creator of these delicious pieces - go to YP.com and find Zomick's.