Wholemeal Emmer Oven Baked Bread

1kg/2lb bread tin and mixing bowls

500g Doves Farm Organic Wholemeal Emmer Flour
1 tsp Doves Farm Quick Yeast
1 tsp sugar
350ml tepid water
½ tsp salt
1 tbsp oil
oil, for tin

220°C, Fan 200°C, 425°F, Gas 7

1. Put the flour, yeast and sugar into a large bowl and blend them together.
2. Pour in the water and stir until everything looks craggy and lumpy, stir in the salt.
3. Stir in the oil.
4. Using your hands, gather everything together into a doughy mass.
5. Knead the dough in its bowl, or on a work surface, for 100 presses. Avoid adding flour.
6. Cover the dough bowl with a large upturned mixing bowl and leave it in a warm place for the dough to double in size, which will take about an hour.
7. Rub some oil around the inside of a 1kg/2lb bread tin.
8. Knead the dough for another 100 presses.
9. Shape the dough and put it into the prepared tin.
10. Invert a large mixing bowl over the tin and leave it to rise in a warm place for 40 minutes.
11. Pre-heat the oven.
12. Remove the inverted bowl and bake for 45-50 minutes. You will know it’s done when the bottom sounds hollow when tapped.
13. Leave to cool on a wire rack.