{"id":3052,"date":"2021-08-10T17:11:09","date_gmt":"2021-08-10T16:11:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.xs4all.co.uk\/tablefortwo\/?p=3052"},"modified":"2021-08-24T17:44:46","modified_gmt":"2021-08-24T16:44:46","slug":"olive-bread-and-other-quarantine-highlights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.xs4all.co.uk\/tablefortwo\/2021\/08\/10\/olive-bread-and-other-quarantine-highlights\/","title":{"rendered":"Olive bread and other quarantine highlights."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We&#8217;ve made it to Italy. Through covid uncertainty, cancelled flights, tests, we&#8217;re now in our favourite spot in Castelnuovo, but we need to stay at home for 5 days before taking another set of tests to be released safely to the public. In spite of being fully vaccinated. :-\/<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So we&#8217;ve done a very substantial shopping in Esselunga and I have been busy. Busy baking a lovely, simple olive bread, for instance. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"853\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.xs4all.co.uk\/tablefortwo\/files\/2021\/08\/PXL_20210810_104857756.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3053\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.xs4all.co.uk\/tablefortwo\/files\/2021\/08\/PXL_20210810_104857756.jpg 640w, https:\/\/blogs.xs4all.co.uk\/tablefortwo\/files\/2021\/08\/PXL_20210810_104857756-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I brought a small packet of instant yeast from home, chucked it into roughly 400g of a random Italian flour, added salt, water, olive oil, combined it all well and gave to Florek to knead for about 10 minutes. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It&#8217;s risen beautifully within an hour, outside on the terrace, in those glorious temperatures we&#8217;re experiencing and then baked for about 40 minutes in 220 degrees.  Good little loaf!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Also made was a lovely tomato sauce, made exclusively of fresh tomatoes, skinless. I took my time with it, until wonderfully rich and tomatoey, went great with gnocchi. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"853\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.xs4all.co.uk\/tablefortwo\/files\/2021\/08\/PXL_20210810_161142960.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3054\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.xs4all.co.uk\/tablefortwo\/files\/2021\/08\/PXL_20210810_161142960.jpg 640w, https:\/\/blogs.xs4all.co.uk\/tablefortwo\/files\/2021\/08\/PXL_20210810_161142960-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Impatiently awaiting some eating out in Lucca. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Also worth mentioning is this little invention-one walks in to a supermarket and finds a lovely, fresh, risen pizza dough, ready to use and enjoy, at a modest cost of less than 2 euro. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"853\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.xs4all.co.uk\/tablefortwo\/files\/2021\/08\/PXL_20210817_160452002.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3065\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.xs4all.co.uk\/tablefortwo\/files\/2021\/08\/PXL_20210817_160452002.jpg 640w, https:\/\/blogs.xs4all.co.uk\/tablefortwo\/files\/2021\/08\/PXL_20210817_160452002-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"853\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.xs4all.co.uk\/tablefortwo\/files\/2021\/08\/PXL_20210814_165946737.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3066\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.xs4all.co.uk\/tablefortwo\/files\/2021\/08\/PXL_20210814_165946737.jpg 640w, https:\/\/blogs.xs4all.co.uk\/tablefortwo\/files\/2021\/08\/PXL_20210814_165946737-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Must of course mention sensational parma ham with equally sensational melon, Izzie&#8217;s favourite. Yum!<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We&#8217;ve made it to Italy. Through covid uncertainty, cancelled flights, tests, we&#8217;re now in our favourite spot in Castelnuovo, but we need to stay at home for 5 days before taking another set of tests to be released safely to the public. 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