Artisan Bread

The simplest Artisan bread in five minutes ever made. Very easy to bake and delicious.
Ingredients:

    * 1 pound Boule Dough - This should be made prior to baking this bread. It is really easy, you can find a lot of recipes online on how to make the Boule dough which can stay up in your refrigerator for weeks.
    * Flour for dusting

Process:
   1. Using a serrated knife, cut a pound or a grapefruit size of the refrigerated boule dough and dust it with flour.
   2. Mold the dough with hands until you have created a round top and a lumpy bottom. Stretch it to desired size.
   3. Place the dough on a pizza peel covered with parchment and flour. Leave it for 40 minutes.
   4. Get a broiler pan and place it on the bottom of the oven. Placing it in the bottom is advisable because it will not interfere with the dough rising. On the middle rack, place a baking stone and preheat the oven to 450 degrees F for 20 minutes.
   5. Go back to the dough and dust it with more flour. Using a serrated knife, slash the top of the dough three times.
   6. Carefully, flip the pizza peel so that the dough will be placed inside the heated stone, parchment included.
   7. Pour a cup of hot water in the broiler. The water will help in providing moist so the bread will be crusty. Close the oven quickly to trap steam.
   8. Bake for approximately 30 minutes until well browned more or less depending on the size of the dough.
   9. After baking, put it in a wire rack to cool.
  10. Serve and enjoy!  www.adjanibali.com