Italian Homemade Bread

Directions

• Mix the yeast (5g) with warm water (400ml);
• Rest 5 minutes;
• Add the sifted wheat flour (500g);
• Mix;
• Add 1 teaspoon salt;
• Mix;
• Cover and let rest for 30 minutes;
• With wet hands, make folds in the dough. 
  Pull and gather in the center;
• Let rest another 10 minutes and repeat the process 4 times;
• Flour the bench and hands and make a ball with the dough;
• Place the dough in a bowl, cover and let rest for another 30 minutes;
• Make a ball again and transfer the dough to a heart attack;
• Make a cut in the middle;
• Take to preheated oven at 180 degrees for approximately 50 minutes, or until golden (half the time with aluminum foil and half the time without);
• Your Italian bread is ready!