Spinach Filled Italian Bread

Recipe from Campania  (around Naples, south); traditionally served for Christmas Eve.

Ingredients:

Dough-

2 1/3 cups bread flour

1 tsp instant yeast (or 15g  fresh)

1 tsp sugar 

2 tsp salt 

3/4 cup warm water

Filling-

1,25 kg  (3-4 bunches) spinach (endive or escarole)

1/2 cup olive oil

1 garlic clove

1 cup black olives, sliced

8-10 anchovy fillets, chopped

salt and pepper to taste

2 tbs capers (optional)

1 tbs pine nuts

Method:

Make soft dough (using machine / mixer or by hand). Cover it and let it double in a warm spot.

Clean and wash spinach. Blanch it in hot water for a few minutes. Rinse and squeeze. Heat oil (reserve 1 tbs for later), and lightly fry halved garlic. Get rid of garlic then add chopped spinach, anchovies and olives. Cook for few minutes. Check taste and season if needed. Let it cool slightly.

Preheat oven to 200*C; prepare a pizza tin.

Divide dough in 2 - leave one piece larger than other. Roll out into  a 30 cm circle. Place it onto pizza pan (leave dough hanging over the sides). Place filling into it, then roll smaller dough into circle and cover the filling. Seal the edges by folding the edges of first sheet of dough over second one; press with fingers (or insert pine nuts). Brush with remaining oil and bake for 30 minutes.

Serve hot or at room temperature.

Italijanski Špinatom filovani hljeb / kruh

Recept  Campania podrucja (oko Napolia, jug); tradicionalno se servira za Badnjak.

Potrebno:

Tijesto- 

2 1/3 solje (350 gr) brasna

15 gr kvasca (ili 1 k instant)

1 k secera 

2 k soli

3/4 solje (2 dl) mlake vode 

Punjenje-

1,25 kg (3-4 sveznja) spinata (ili drugog lisnatog povrca)

1/2 solje maslinovog ulja

1 ceno bijelog luka

1 solja crnih maslina, rezanih

8-10 fileta incuna, sjeckanih

so i biber prema ukusu

2 K kapara (po zelji)

1 K pinjola

Nacin:

Umijesite tijesto, ostavite pokriveno na toplome da se dize.

Ocistite spinat, blansirajte ga. Ocijedite i isjeckajte.

Zagrijte ulje (ostavite 1 K za kasnije), proprzite bijeli luk koji ste prepolovili. Odstranite luk, zatim ubacite spinat, masline i incune. Kuhajte par minuta. Provjerite okus i zacinite ako treba. Prohladite.

Ukljucite rernu na 200*C, pripremite pica podlogu.

Podijelite tijesto na 2 dijela, ostavljauci jedan dio veci. Razvucite taj dio u krug i postavite ga preko pripremljene podloge, ostavljajuci krajeve tijesta preko ivice. Ubacite fil, zatim postavite drugi dio tijesta koji ste takodje razvukli u krug. Vratite krajeve prvog tijesta preko drugog dijela i pritisnite prstima ili ubodite pinjole. Premazite sacuvanim uljem. Pecite  oko 30 minuta. Servirajte odmah ili na sobnoj temperaturi.