Greek lagana bread (Λαγάνα)

Category: Special bread
Kitchen: greek
Greek lagana bread (Λαγάνα)

Ingredients

premium wheat flour 400 g
whole wheat flour 200 g
dry yeast 8 g
sugar 1 tbsp. l.
salt 1 + 1/4 tsp
anise (optional) 1/4 tsp
water 340 ml
olive or sesame oil 3 tbsp. l.
For sprinkling:
water 2 tbsp. l.
sugar 1 tsp
sesame

Cooking method

  • Greek lagana bread (Λαγάνα)Pour water into a large bowl, add salt, sugar, butter, sifted flour mixed with yeast (for yeast requiring preliminary activation: mix yeast with 50 ml of water and sugar, leave for 10-15 minutes, then add the rest of the ingredients for the dough) and anise ...
    Greek lagana bread (Λαγάνα)When kneading the dough, I had to add 70 ml more water than indicated in the recipe. Focus on the quality of the flour you are using and make adjustments if necessary. It is necessary to knead the dough very carefully, for 10 minutes with your hands or 6 minutes with a kneader. The dough should be soft and elastic.
    Greek lagana bread (Λαγάνα)Transfer the dough to a clean bowl greased with olive oil and lightly oil the surface of the dough. Cover the bowl with the dough with a linen napkin and leave in a warm place to ferment for 1 hour and 15 minutes.
    Greek lagana bread (Λαγάνα)During fermentation, the dough should increase in volume at least 2 times.
    Greek lagana bread (Λαγάνα)Gently flip the bowl of dough onto a work surface.
    Greek lagana bread (Λαγάνα)Divide the dough into 2 equal pieces and round them slightly.
    Greek lagana bread (Λαγάνα)Take one TK, transfer it to a baking sheet (if you use parchment, then you must be sure of its good quality so that it does not create problems after baking), roll it out with a rolling pin or stretch the TK into an oval cake with your hands. Mix the water and sugar intended for sprinkling, and using a silicone brush, brush the entire surface of the TK with sweet water. Sprinkle TK with a lot of sesame seeds, lightly brush with your palm. Repeat all steps for the remaining TK.
  • Leave the TK for proofing for 20 minutes.
  • Preheat oven to 200 C.
    Greek lagana bread (Λαγάνα)Make dents all over the surface of the TK with your fingers, sprinkle with a little oil and place the baking sheet in a preheated oven.
    Greek lagana bread (Λαγάνα)Bake the bread for 30 minutes at 200 C or, if you like a denser texture, a little longer at 180 C. Adjust the baking time and temperature depending on the characteristics of your oven, in my oven the bread was ready in about 20-25 minutes at 200 C. Remove the bread from the oven and refrigerate it on the rack. If you want the bread to be soft, then wrap it in foil after it has cooled well.
    Greek lagana bread (Λαγάνα)It is customary to break the Greek lagan bread with your hands and add it to a lean lunch or dinner.

The dish is designed for

2 loaves.

Note

According to the recipe of Ευα Μονοχαρη. Thanks to the author!
Lagana bread (Λαγάνα) is a traditional and simple bread of Greece, which is baked only once a year - on the first day of Great Lent, on Clean Monday. On this day, all bakeries in the country are open only for the production and sale of lagan bread. Plain lagan bread serves as a reminder of the unleavened bread used by the Israelites during the exodus from Egypt, and in modern Greece marks the beginning of Lent. (Source: Wikipedia.)
Bread is baked not only in bakeries, but also at home. For homemade bread, each housewife has her own recipe, they use both fine and coarse flour. Sometimes, when kneading the dough, they add a few tablespoons of tahini paste, herbs or spices, but additives in the form of olives, onions or sun-dried tomatoes are attributed to store marketing trends, and they believe that it is not worth changing the tradition, and olives can always be served separately, as an accompanying an appetizer for bread.

Tashenka
Ilona, ​​a wonderful, not complicated recipe. I will definitely try to cook it.My daughter is fasting, so you have to cook so that and the wolves were full and the sheep were safe and feed her and the boys. Fortunately, everyone loves cakes. Ilona, ​​I think that mixing is also possible in HP?
Thanks again!
Corsica
Natalia, good luck and thanks for your interest in the recipe!
Yes, the dough can be kneaded in a bread maker, but not left for a full cycle, since kneading is not needed and the time for fermentation is not long, less time than with the automatic program.
Tashenka
On dumplings, kneading is only 20 minutes. It will be possible to stop in the middle of the cycle.
Corsica
Tashenka, yes, a good option.
Nastasya78
Thanks for the interesting recipe and interesting story! We will repeat! To bookmarks!
Corsica
AnastasiaThanks for your interest in the recipe!
posetitell
Thanks for the wonderful recipe, the cakes turned out to be very tasty and tender.
Corsica
Nikka, thanks for the tip! I am glad that the recipe did not disappoint you and that the bread suits your taste.
posetitell
An interesting observation: for the third day we have been eating this bread (I made two portions at once) and its original quality remains (usually the bread changes), it's so great !!!! Bread for permanent residence)))
Corsica
Nikka, immediately a double portion according to an unfamiliar recipe - boldly, but I'm glad that you liked the taste of the bread.
Quote: posetitell
and its original quality remains
And this is not only the merit of the bread recipe, but also your ability to work with dough and your ability to bake bread.
Quote: posetitell
it's so cool!!!! Bread for permanent residence)))
thanks for the tip! These are the best words you can hear.

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