- 800 g strong bread flour
- 280 ml warm water
- half tbsp salt
- olive oil
- 25 g of fresh yeast or 1 sacket of dry yeast for bread making
- 4 sticks of rosemary
- 8 sage leaves
- 2 cloves of garlic
This is a very pretty and tasty bread. Adding herbs like rosemary and sage makes a very fragrant and aromatic bread.
This is like a kind of garlic bread without being garlic bread. It is more like a focaccia made into a roll but with added garlic too so there is plenty of flavour packed into it. It could be enjoyed through a meal or just on its own as a snack.
If you won’t eat it up all on the same day you store it in a tin or in a plastic bag and you will find that it will keep nice and soft for a few days afterwards.
Method:
Melt the yeast with some of the warm water (add 1 tsp of sugar if using dry yeast). Then add the flour, 4 tbsp of olive oil, salt and the rest of the water. Work it well with your hands on your working top for 10 minutes until the dough is smooth
Make the dough into a ball, put it in a bowl and cover it with a cloth. Let it rest for a couple of hours in a warm place until it has doubled in size
Work the dough for another 10 minutes then dust your working top with some flour and with a rolling pin flatten the pastry making it into a long rectangle about 40 x 30 cm
Chop the rosemary, the sage and the garlic and mix them up with 2 tbsp of olive oil
Spread the herbs mixture over the pastry leaving 1 cm around the edges
Roll the pastry from the longer side of the rectangle and then seal it well
Now join the two ends together and make it into a ring. Make incisions about 5 cm distant to each another and 2 cm from the centre
Fold every slice on top of the next one to make the cuts visible
Lay the ring on a greased baking tray and cover it up with a cloth and let it rest for 45 minutes then cook it at 190C for 30-40 minutes until golden.
I am entering my bread into “Herbs on Saturday” monthly challenge hosted this month by Lavender and Lovage
Also I am submitting it into “Made with Love Mondays” a weekly challenge hosted by Javelin Warrior
Let's go back to how food used to be, made from wholesome, good ingredients. Let's embrace the slow food movement.
Taking time to cook yourself a decent meal should always come as a priority. After all we are what we eat! 
Hi Alida, this is funny, I just saw a similar bread in a French blog but with a sausage inside the bread and they called it the daisy bread as it looks a bit like a flower. It’s amazing how simple and beautiful this bread looks and I must say, your vesrion with herbs appeals to me more. Will keep this recipe aside to try later. thanks for sharing!
Thank you Nora!
A BEAUTIFUL recipe and such stunning photos too! I LOVE it, thanks so much for entering into Herbs on Saturday and I have bookmarked this recipe! Karen xxx
Love this bread and I love make bread at home!!!
Che bella forma ha questo pane e che profumo avrà con tutti quegli aromi, brava! Un bacio!
Thank you Karen. I am pleased you like it!
All those herbs in the bread looks amazing! I would love to make this as I enjoy baking bread with herbs.
This bread is so beautiful and it sounds amazing, Alida! I love how you made the bread beautiful without anything fussy or extra. And the sage, rosemary and garlic sound amazing in this bread… Thanks so much for sharing…
Homemade bread rocks! Your herb ring looks awesome, Alida.
Thank you Angie!
Thanks Mark. Simple and tasty just how we like it!
Ciao Alida, è spettacolare,non avevo mai visto un pane così, delizioso e bravissima un grande abbraccio, a presto.
non ho mai usato la salvia nel mio pane! Devo provarci io ADORO salvia e rosmarino.