Pasta & rice

Pan di Awa (water bread)

A simple bread made using only flour, water, yeast and salt. Its crust is thin and its crumb is airy: it's the everyday bread par excellence, perfect with soups and stews.

1 h
6 servings
Advanced
Budget-friendly
🇸🇽 Sint Maarten

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Ingredients

Optional extras

1 tbsp Olive oil

Nutrition facts

293 kcal per serving

Protein: 11.5 g
Carbohydrates: 57.3 g
of which sugars: 2 g
Fat: 0.9 g
Fiber: 3.1 g

Ecomely’s estimate, calculated from the ingredients with the ANSES Ciqual food composition table, excluding sides and seasoning added to taste.

Instructions

Dissolve the yeast and sugar in the lukewarm water and let rest for 5 minutes.
Mix the flour and salt in a large bowl, then make a well in the centre.
Pour the liquid into the well and mix by hand until you have a dough that holds together.
Knead for 10 minutes on a lightly floured surface until smooth and elastic.
Form a ball, place it in an oiled bowl, cover and let rise for 1 h 30 at room temperature.
Deflate the dough, shape it into a round loaf or a batch, and let rise for 30 minutes on a baking sheet lined with parchment.
Preheat the oven to 220 °C with a dish of water on the bottom. Make a few slashes on the bread with a blade.
Bake for 30 to 35 minutes, until the crust is golden and the bread sounds hollow when tapped underneath. Let cool on a rack.