Wool roll bread

Mar 21, 2021
Pane gomitolo di lana (wool roll bread)

INGREDIENTS

  • 300 g of type 1 flour (12% protein)
  • 7 g of fresh yeast
  • 100 ml of fresh cream
  • 70 ml of whole milk
  • 1 egg
  • 25 g of sugar
  • 5 g of salt

    INGREDIENTS (for filling)
    Optional: hazelnut cream, almond cream, pistachio cream, jam.

PROCEDURE

  • Place the flour, the yeast dissolved in a little milk, the remaining milk, 30 ml of cream, the sugar and the egg in the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the hook.
  • Start kneading and as soon as the ingredients are well combined, add the salt and the remaining cream.
  • Knead for about 10 minutes until the dough becomes stringy (it will still be very soft).
  • Form a ball with your hands and place in a large bowl. Seal with cling film and leave to rise. I have the 'rising' function on the oven and in 2 hours I got a dough that almost tripled in size. The important thing is that it doubles in volume, so even the oven off with the light on is fine.
  • Divide the dough into 5 parts (you can weigh them to be sure). Roll each piece with the palm of your hand to obtain balls. Cover them and let them rest for 20 minutes.
  • Roll out each piece with a rolling pin to form rectangles/ovals. Use a pastry cutter (tarocco) or a knife to cut the dough halfway down to create many strips, like a fringe/comb (watch the video here, it's very simple).
  • On the uncut half you can spread your filling or leave it plain or fill it with a savoury filling.
  • Turn the outer edge of the dough inwards (so that the filling doesn't come out) and then roll the dough up starting from the uncut side, to form little sausages/rolls.
  • Repeat for all the pieces of dough and place them in the 20/22 cm pan (lined with baking paper) towards the edge, one next to the other, leaving the center free.
  • Let it rise covered for another hour.
  • Brush with egg white (or milk or beaten egg or cream).
  • Bake at 170° for approximately 20 minutes until lightly golden.
  • You can also eat it warm. Keep in mind that it does not contain butter so it cannot stay soft for a long time, keep it away from humidity.

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