LordCope's Spelt Horsehoe

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# Ingredients

- 500g Spelt Flour
- 30g dark sugar (mosovado is ideal)
- 10g rock salt
- 18g dried yeast
- 250ml warm water
- 1 tablespoon olive oil

# Method

## Phase 1 - bedtime

- Mix the flour, sugar, salt and yeast together in a bowl, and mix, rubbing the sugar so it is evenly distributed
- Add the warm water and mix around with fingers until it forms a shaggy consistency
- Add the olive oil and start to knead - it should fairly quickly form a fairly soft and elastic dough
- Knead for 10 mins
- Place in a bowl, and cover with a tea towel, and leave in a cool place to rise overnight.  I make the dough at about 10pm and it's ready for  the next phase when I am up the following morning

## Phase 2 - morning

- Put the oven on to 220C - my oven takes about 25 mins to get to the right warmth
- Take the dough out of the cool place, and knead it again for 2 mins
- Split the dough into three even pieces, and roll each out into a long sausage, about an inch in diameter. Each sausage should be about 18 inches long.
- Plait the three sausages together, and make into a horseshoe shape
- Place the horseshoe on a large flat baking tray, and sprinkle the top liberally, with flour
- Leave somewhere cool to rise for about 20-30 mins - this is typically about the same time as the oven is ready to use
- Bake for 25 mins

## Phase 3 - breakfast

- Eat the bread, with creamy butter, and home made jam :))