Concettina’s Greco-Italian Breads

Name: Concettina’s Greco-Italian Breads
Cook time: 25 min
Total time: 25 min
Yield: 6 servings
Ingredients: 1 kg Durum wheat semolina flour; 6–7 g Fresh brewer’s yeast; 550–600 ml Water; 22 g Salt; 1 kg Durum wheat semolina flour; 6–7 g Fresh brewer’s yeast; 750–800 ml Water; 20–22 g Salt; Olive oil; 200 g Pumpkin; 200 g Cherry tomatoes; 100–150 g Black olives; Salt; 60–80 ml Olive oil; 1 kg Durum wheat semolina flour; 6–7 g Fresh brewer’s yeast; 680–720 ml Water; 20–22 g Salt

In Zollino is a small town of just 1,800 inhabitants in the province of Lecce — a unique cultural enclave in southern Italy where, until a few decades ago, people still spoke Griko, an ancient Greco-Italian dialect. 85-year-old Concettina welcomed us into her courtyard to show us how she prepares some of the most traditional breads of this region. Frise, Sceblastim and Pucci. They cook it in a wood-fired oven which she and her husband built with their own hands, fulfilling her lifelong dream of learning the art of bread-making. All three doughs here have similar starting ingredients but the toppings, consistencies and shaping of them is very different.

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25m

Concettina’s Greco-Italian Breads

In Zollino is a small town of just 1,800 inhabitants in the province of Lecce — a unique cultural enclave in southern Italy where, until a few decades ago, people still spoke Griko, an ancient Greco-Italian dialect. 85-year-old Concettina welcomed us into her courtyard to show us how she prepares some of the most traditional breads of this region. Frise, Sceblastim and Pucci. They cook it in a wood-fired oven which she and her husband built with their own hands, fulfilling her lifelong dream of learning the art of bread-making. All three doughs here have similar starting ingredients but the toppings, consistencies and shaping of them is very different.

Cook

25m

Ingredients

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Step 1

All three doughs require a similar starting point; but the consistency is different. You begin each of these recipes by adding all the different ingredients onto a work surface or into a bowl to mix them together. Make sure to watch the video to check the technique but we’ve also added a couple of notes on the consistency.