Garlic Wheat Oat Bread

Ingredients :           

• 20 grams oats flour
• 20 grams whole wheat flour
• ¼ teaspoon yeast
• Salt, to taste
• ¼ teaspoon coconut sugar
• 1 teaspoon Extra Virgin Olive Oil
• 1 teaspoon mixed dried herbs
• 1 teaspoon black olives, finely chopped
• 1 teaspoon garlic, roasted
•  water, lukewarm- as required

METHOD:

• In a mixing bowl, combine wheat flour, oatsflour along with the yeast, salt, sugar, olive oil, mixed dry herbs, black olives, and roasted garlic.
• Mix well to combine these ingredients and now gradually add lukewarm water to bring the dough together.
• Use a few drops of olive oil to smoothen out the dough and shape it like a ball resembling a bread boule.
• Grease an iron skillet with olive oil, place the neatly shaped dough, sprinkle a few drops of water and evenly brush it over the dough, now for the topping, sprinkle the mixed herbs, chopped olives, and roasted garlic.
• Cover this skillet with a deep dish ensuring that there’s enough space between the dough and the surface of the dish.
• Place the skillet in a warm place, to allow the dough to prove.
• Leave it aside for a minimum of 45 minutes and check if the dough has doubled in size. If it still hasn’t rested it until it doubles in size.
• Remove from the warm place, but the deep dish aside, grease your fingers with oil and flatten to spread the dough to cover the surface of the entire skillet.
• Preheat the oven to 180-degree celsius.
• Sprinkle some sea salt over the bread and rest is now in a warm place for 30 minutes.
• After 30 minutes, brush the bread with olive oil and place the skillet in the oven and let it bake for about 20 minutes.
• Next up the heat to 200 degrees and allow the bread to get a nice even brown color from the top to the crust.
• Remove from the oven and allow the bread to cool down to room temperature.
• Cut the bread into wedges and serve it.