Paximadi
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5
2 reviews
Excellent
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Prep Time
45 mins
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Cook Time
7 hrs
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Rest Time
2 hrs 15 mins
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Total Time
7 hrs 45 mins
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Servings
30 paximadia
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Course
Bread
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Cuisine
Mediterranean, Greek
Paximadi
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Paximadi is a delicious and nutritious twice-baked bread, originally from Crete, that is prepared with hulled barley flour.
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Ingredients
- 16 oz. hulled barley flour
- ¾ cup all-purpose flour
- 1¼ cup water approximately (at 85 F / 36 C), including ½ cup / 100 ml to dilute the yeast with honey, warm
- 2 teaspoons active dry yeast
- 3 tablespoons honey liquid
- ¼ cup red wine
- ¼ cup extra virgin olive oil
- 1 teaspoon salt
Equipment
- Stand mixer
Instructions
- Mix the honey and ½ cup (100 ml) of water and mix in the active dry yeast and half of the all-purpose flour. Mix and set aside for 15 minutes or until it gets foamy.
- In the bowl of a stand mixer, pour the remaining barley flour and all-purpose flour. Mix them up and dig a well in the center.
- In the well, pour the olive oil, wine and fermented yeast mixture.
- Knead at medium speed, while gradually adding the remaining water.
- Add the salt and knead at low speed for 10 minutes. The dough must then be stretchy and detach from the edges of the bowl. Add a little all-purpose flour or water, if necessary.
- Cover the dough with a cloth and let it rise for 1h30, in a warm place, away from drafts; it must double in size.
- Dust flour on a work surface. Add the dough and knead it by hand for 5 minutes.
- Place the dough in a previously greased bread pan of your choice or form flat rolls. Make a few incisions. Cover with a cloth and let it rise for 1 hour away from drafts.
- Preheat the oven to 350 F / 175 C.
- Bake for 1 hour.
- Remove from the oven and let cool completely.
- Slice the bread, or cut the rolls in half, and place the paximadia on a baking sheet.
- Bake them in an oven at 140 F / 60 C for 6 hours to dry them out.
- Turn the slices over every 2 hours.
- Cool completely before storing in a glass jar in a cool, dry place.
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