Bread Baking Day # 31 : Bread with Nuts

In occasion of Bread with Nuts for BBD's 3rd anniversary hosted by 1x umrühren bitte aka kochtopf I baked a Spanish Bread with Pistachio Nuts and Saffran.

I loved this bread, the saffran doesn't show much maybe because I used the threads (?) and not the powder.

Recipe

(from il Libro del Pane by Alessandra Meldolesi)

700 gr all purpose flour

150 gr shelled Pistachios Nuts

1 envelope Saffron

25 gr fresh yeast

1 pinch of sugar

Extra Virgin Olive Oil

14 gr salt

Dissolve the yeast in 1 dl water adding some water.

Mix flour, coarsely ground pistachios, yeast, 2,5 dl water, saffron and 2 TBS extra virgin olive oil, start kneading and after a while add the salt. Knead for about fifteen minutes. Let it rise until doubled. Shape, and proof for about three quarters of an hour. Meanwhile turn the oven on to 200° C . Add some steam and bake your bread for about 45 minutes if you made 2 loafes.