Best Italian Bread Recipe:Homemade Bread

Wondering on the best Italian Bread Recipe?

Bread is probably the most common food in the world and, undoubtedly, the most appreciated in Italy. Italian Bread is renowned for its quality and its unique taste, and is at the base of Italian and Tuscan Cuisine. Italian bread is used to make a lot of delicious dishes.

Bread is by definition a poor food, made with few simple ingredients: flour, water and yeast.

Despite that, each region of Italy, from north to south, has its own type of bread, with its own name and peculiar characteristics. We have over 400 different types of bread in Italy, with over a thousand variations!

Which is the most delicious bread of Italy? and the best rustic Italian bread recipe?

Well, I live in Tuscany so this may sounds biased to you, but the best Italian bread is actually Tuscan Bread! that is the bread produced in the beautiful region of Tuscany, and famous for being saltless!

Tuscan Bread, pane toscano, is sciocco or sciapo, because of its peculiar characteristic to be without any salt. The fact of being without salt makes it unique, as, in this way, bread enhances the flavors of any kind of food.

Tuscan bread is made by very simple and genuine ingredients: wheat flour, Tuscan sourdough and water. You’ll find that, even if Tuscan Bread has no salt in it, it is the most tasty ever! 🙂

Some History about Italian Bread

Cooking bread at home is for me something very amusing, a relaxing and rewarding experience! something that fills me with joy. This is probably due to the fact that when I was a child I used to help my mother to make bread. My mother still makes bread at home very often and the same I do now for my family.

During the post war period in Italy, bread was vital for people! When my grandmothers were young they all lived in the countryside on isolated country houses; they had no electricity, no water, and the bathroom was outside the house! But, fortunately, they had wonderful wood ovens where to bake not just bread but many other delicacies, including cakes.

Coming back to the best Italian recipe to make bread at home, here below is the one I’ve learned from my mother, who, in turn, had learned from her mother 🙂

Of course there are many varied recipes for making Tuscan Bread, like the most ancient one, for a rustic and traditional Italian bread, or like this recipe for a more soft Tuscan Bread.

Follow the link to see what is, for me, the best Italian bread recipe, totally homemade and made all with your own hands:-) With this easy recipe you’ll get the best rustic and crusty Italian bread recipe!