Fougasse (french Breadsticks)

Total Time: 21 mins Preparation Time: 1 min Cook Time: 20 mins

Ingredients

• 1 kg bread flour
• 80 g olive oil
• 20 g salt
• 20 g dry yeast
• 10 g sugar
• 600 g water
• 2 tablespoons dry oregano
• 2 ounces sun-dried tomatoes, chopped
• black olives, quartered
• sea salt

Recipe

• 1 in a mixer bowl with a hook mixer, mix the bread flour, dry yeast, salt and sugar together.
• 2 add in the water and olive oil, oregano and chopped sundried tomatoes.
• 3 mix for about 8 minutes at low speed, then about 6 - 10 minutes on high speed. this will give the effect of kneading the dough.
• 4 rest on the table and cover with a plastic wrap for about 30 minutes.
• 5 cut some dough out and roll the dough out flat, about 1 cm thick. cut incisions into the dough, random patterns. this will make it easier to break the bread into sticks once it's baked.
• 6 place onto a lined baking tray and leave to prove for about 20 - 30 minutes.
• 7 brush with some extra virgin, and garnish with quartered black olives, some oregano and sea salt. you may also add some more sun dried tomatoes.
• 8 bake in 220 c and sprinkle some water into the oven for some steam. bake for 20 minutes.