I figured the climate here is ideal for rising bread- warm and humid!
Indeed, the dough rose perfectly just being left in my room for 30 minutes, no need for any extra heat!
After kneading and shaping the bread, I added chopped olives, salt , olive oil and dried herbs to the top before popping it in the oven along with the scalloped potatoes. It was at a lower temperature than recommended by the recipe, but seemed to cook fine and turned out well (this may also be due to the fact that my oven's temperature is probably way higher than what the dial says).
Nothing like fresh bread, as exemplified by me eating almost half of the bread within 10 minutes of it coming out of the oven. My landlady and her partner tried a piece and came back for more, so must have worked out ok!
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