Holly B’s French Bread

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18 Ingredients

• 1/2 cup water
• 1/8 tsp. quick-rise yeast
• 7/8 cup unbleached flour
• 2 3/4 cup warm water
• 1/4 cup biga (stir down before measuring)
• 1 3/4 tsp. quick-rise yeast
• 7 cups unbleached flour
• 4 tsp. salt
• Cornmeal for baking sheet
• 1/2 cold water
• 1 1/2 tsp. cornstarch
• 1 cup pitted Greek kalamata olives or sun-dried tomato halves (not packed in oil)
• Salt (Sun-Dried Tomato Tapenade only)
• 2 tbsp. olive oil
• 2 tbsp. lemon juice
• 1 tbsp. minced garlic
• 1 1/2 tsp. brandy
• 1/4 tsp. ground black pepper