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Ali Baba bread

This bread is so-called because its magical sesame flavour is non-negotiable! The triple dose comes from tahini (sesame paste), sesame oil added to the dough before kneading, and toasted sesame seeds both in the dough and on top of the loaves.

The texture is soft, rather like ciabatta, but with a very distinctive taste - so "open sesame" and enjoy!

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Last modified on: December 10^th 2017

For 4 loaves, you will need:

1 100 g sesame seeds
2 100 g water
3 100 g leaven
4 320 g water
5 30 g sesame oil
6 40 g tahini (sesame paste)
7 500 g plain white flour (French Type 65)
8 5 g yeast
9 9 g salt
10 10 g sesame seeds
11 1 tablespoon oil
Total weight: 1,229 grams

Change those ingredients for: 2 loaves 4 loaves 8 loaves 12 loaves

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How long does it take?

Time required for this recipe:

Preparation	Resting	Cooking	Start to finish
43 min.	3 hours	40 min.	4 hours 23 min.

Keeping: A few days in a coth bag.

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Step by step recipe

Stage 1 - 15 min.

Preheat the oven to 360°F (180°C).

Lay a sheet of cooking parchment on a baking sheet and spread 100 g sesame seeds out on this.

Toast in the oven for 15 minutes.

Stage 2 - 1 min.

Take the sesame seeds out of the oven and tip them into 100 g water.

Mix quickly and leave to cool.

Stage 3 - 5 min.

Put into a mixer bowl in the following order: 100 g leaven, 320 g water, 30 g sesame oil, 40 g tahini (sesame paste), 500 g plain white flour (French Type 65), 5 g yeast and 9 g salt.

Stage 4 - 15 min.

Knead on slow spead for 15 mintes.

Note: For the best way to knead, see: A few tips for effective kneading at home..

Stage 5 - 2 min.

2 minutes before the end of the kneading time, add the sesame seeds with their soaking water.

Stage 6 - 1 hour

Gather the dough into a rough ball and transfer to a large clean bowl, then cover with a plastic sheet.

Leave to rest for 1 hour.

Stage 7 - 2 min.

After resting, knock back and work the dough: stretch it up with a dough-cutter as far as possible...

Stage 8 - 1 hour

...and fold it over.

Do this once or twice, then cover again with the plastic and leave to rest for another hour.

Stage 9 - 8 min.

After resting, weigh out the dough into lumps of about 350 g and shape these into oval balls.

Cover with the plastic sheet and leave to rest for 20 minutes.

Stage 10 - 8 min.

After this, fold each ball lengthways in 3 to form a long roll.

Stage 11 - 2 min.

Lay the loaves in a baguette tin or mould or, if you don't have one, on a baking sheet.

Stage 12 - 1 hour

Brush the tops of the loaves with a little water or oil and scatter some raw sesame seeds over them. Press these in slightly to help them stick.

Stage 13 - 25 min.

Preheat the oven to 460°F (240°C ) and bake for 20 to 30 minutes.

Note: As when baking any bread, you should ensure that the oven is filled with steam for the first 15 minutes of baking. This page shows you how; it really is the secret of golden-brown, crusty loaves..

Remarks

This bread is delicious enough on its own, but it si simply heavenly with houmous, especially if sliced thin and toasted.

Nutritional information

Whole recipe
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
3,317 Kcal or 13,888 Kj	90 gr	433 gr	136 gr
166 %	34 %	41 %	21 %

Per 100 g
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
270 Kcal or 1,130 Kj	7 gr	35 gr	11 gr
13 %	3 %	3 %	2 %

Per loave
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
829 Kcal or 3,471 Kj	22 gr	108 gr	34 gr
41 %	9 %	10 %	5 %

% are calculated relative to a Recommended Dietary Intake or RDI of 2000 k-calories or 8400 k-joules by day for a woman (change to a man).

How much will it cost?

For 4 loaves : 2.64 €
Per loave : 0.66 €

Note : These prices are only approximate

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Source

Home made, but based on a recipe by Eric Kayser.

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	Plain white flour (French Type 65): You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Olive and pesto bread, Loaf for "les filles'", Poitevin twist, Jura bread, "Psychedelic" sandwich bread, ... All
	Leaven: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Benoîton, Jura bread, Special small breads, Pizza dough, Franche-Comté sticks, ... All
	Sesame seeds: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Fish in a sesame crust, Fish in a seed crust, Mixed seed grissini, Sesame fried scampi, New hamburger buns, ... All
	Water: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Fougasse with bacon and Comté, Citrus syrup, How to heat milk without it catching on the bottom of the pan, "Buttonhole" quail eggs, Stewed apple (compote), ... All

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