Ingredients
Makes 2 loaves
- 1¼ cup (300ml) water
- ¾ cup (200ml) yogurt
- 25g active dried yeast
- 1 tbsp honey
- 1 tsp salt
- 2 garlic cloves, minced
- 2⅔ cups (325g) bread flour (strong white flour)
- 3 tbsp olive oil
- 3½ cups (450g) “00” flour
- ¾ cup (100g) Kalamata olives, roughly chopped
- ¾ cup (100g) sun-dried tomatoes, roughly chopped
Directions
Combine the water and yogurt in a pan and warm over a low heat on your stovetop to 37˚C; test this with a thermometer. Transfer to a bowl, stir in the yeast, honey, salt and garlic, then beat in the strong bread (white) flour and the oil. Add the “00” flour and stir until you have a smooth dough. Cover the bowl with plastic wrap and set aside in a warm place until the dough has doubled in size. This will take about 1 hour.
Split the dough in half and knead half the olives and half the tomatoes into each piece. Shape each half into a ball. Place the balls of dough, spaced well apart, in a floured basket (this leaves a nice design imprinted on them). Cover with a cloth and set aside to rise in a warm place for at least 30 minutes.
Fire up your Ooni pizza oven. Aim for a temperature of 250˚C at the center of the baking stone inside. You can check the temperature quickly and easily using an infrared thermometer.
Line a baking tray with baking paper. Turn the dough out of the basket and onto the prepared tray so that the patterned surface is on top. Prick that surface with a chopstick or skewer.
Place the baking tray inside your Ooni pizza oven and bake the loaves for about 20 minutes, or until golden and risen – the loaves are ready when they make a hollow sound when tapped on the bottom.
