Payés Pan Recipe

Payés bread, or EM Pavage/Em PACK as it is said in Catalan, is, perhaps, the most popular product of Catalan culture. In fact, it has a protected geographical indication for the entire Autonomous Community of Catalonia. IGP is a quality regime that determines that a product is originally from a specific place. This Payés bread is the basis of the PAQU Tomàquet /Emo Bread with tomato, it is crispy on the outside, with a well -marked and very tender cortex inside. Delicious and irresistible. Payés bread recipe requires elaboration time, but it is very easy to make. You can use a mother dough or a boot mass that can be prepared the previous day, but in this recipe that we present in recipes we are going to prepare Payés bread without mother dough. So, without further delay, discover with us how to make homemade country bread. Lets go with the recipe!

Ingredients to make Payés bread:

1. The elaboration of Payés bread is much simpler with this recipe. First, put the flour in a deep bowl where you can mix all the ingredients well. Make a hole in the center as if it were a volcano and add the salt.

2. Heat the water for a few seconds in the microwave so that it is warm, but without burning. Add all the yeast and dissolve it well. Then add the water slowly with the yeast to the flour. Mix well with a spatula to integrate all ingredients.

Trick: You can use fresh bakery yeast. In that case, you must always use the triple of the dry yeast weight.

3. When the dough of Payés bread is homogeneous, pass it to a floured table and work it with your hands. Knead for 10 minutes stretching the dough and bending it on itself to catch the air. After 10 minutes, cover it with a kitchen cloth and let it rest 20 minutes. Repeat this process 2 times more.

Trick: It is very important to let the dough rest to relax. After that time you will notice that it becomes softer to the touch.

4. After kneading for the third time, make a ball with the dough, cover it again and let it fermently 2 hours or until the dough has folded its volume. The fermented time can vary depending on the time of the year and the temperature of the room. Preheat the oven to 210 ºC.

5. past fermentation time, it is time to shape Payés bread. Flour the work table and form a ball again, we do not want to take away air from the dough! Make some cuts on the surface before cooking the bread.

6. Bake the country from Payés at 210 ºC with heat up and down for approximately 45 minutes. Take it out of the oven and let it cool before cutting it, preferably on a rack. Districe of your homemade country bread with what you like most!