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Prepare the ingredients.
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Rinse the orange in water, and scrub with plenty of coarse salt.
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Put all the ingredients listed up to the yeast in a bread machine, and start the 'dough kneading' program.
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Add the butter 5 minutes in.
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Take the finished dough out, punch it down lightly, and divide in half.
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Round off each portion of dough and rest it for 15 minutes.
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After the dough has rested, place each piece seam side down and roll out to about 27cm long.
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(It is a rather sticky dough, so dust the surface on both sides as you work.)
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Roll up the dough from the edge.
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Seal off the ends of the rolled up dough.
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Roll both pieces of dough with both hands to neaten up the shapes.
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Place the two pieces of dough side by side, and pinch them together at one end.
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Twist the dough 3 times.
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Pinch together the ends of the twisted dough.
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Put the dough in an oiled bread pan.
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If the dough is longer than the pan, twist the dough a little while pushing it in from both sides towards the middle to shrink it enough to fit.
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Leave it to rise until the highest part of the dough is at the height of the sides of the pan.
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Start preheating the oven to 200C at the right time.
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Lower the oven temperature to 180C and bake for 15 minutes.
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Lower the temperature again to 160C and bake for another 15 minutes.
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When the bread is baked, drop it pan and all from about a 15 cm height onto your countertop to push out the hot air.
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Take the loaf out of the pan to cool, and it's done.
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This is how the bread looks when sliced.
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The crumb is finely textured, moist and soft.
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And a bit chewy too.
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It's such a pretty orange color.
