French Flat Bread - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 None recipe Basic Bread Dough (made with white flour)
1/4 cup pitted black olives, halved
1 tbsp cornmeal
2 tbsp olive oil
2 tbsp rosemary leaves

Preparation

Prepare Basic Bread Dough to end of Step 2. Lightly knead olives into dough and let stand to rise as in Step 3.
Sprinkle cornmeal on 2 baking sheets. Punch down dough and cut in half. Roll into two 8 x 10-inch irregular ovals, about 1 1/2 inches thick. Transfer dough to prepared pans. Cut a decorative pattern into dough (traditionally a leaf or ear of wheat pattern, see image).
Spread and stretch dough gently until cuts form large openings. Cover with clean tea towels and let stand in a warm place for 30 mins, until dough rises again. Gently brush each loaf with olive oil and sprinkle with sea salt and rosemary.
Meanwhile, preheat oven to 450\u00b0F. Place bread in oven and quickly splash a small amount of water onto bottom of oven to create steam, taking care to stand back. Bake for 25 mins, until golden.