Homemade bread with red onions and thyme

Ingredients:

• 20 dkgs of plain flour
• 20 dkgs of whole grain flour
• 5 dkgs of fresh yeast
• 1 dl of milk
• 1 dl of lukewarm water
• 3 coffee spoons of salt
• 2 middle sized red onions
• 1 tablespoon of fresh thyme leaves
• a bit of olive oil
• an egg for the wash

I'll confess: I don't always knead the dough manually, I sometimes let the machine do its part because it's a lot more efficient and also quicker than me... :)

First of all, the yeast has to be dissolved in the warm (but not hot!) milk with a bit of sugar. Stir it until the yeast is combined with the milk and let it rest, and work. Meanwhile chop the onions fine and caramelize them in a bit of olive oil, until they become brown and sweet. Let it cool down. Until then you can mix the two types of flour in the machine, add the salt, the thyme leaves, a bit of oil, the onions, and the yeasty milk. Then start kneading and if it falls apart, add some lukewarm water but pay attention because you don't want to soak the dough. It has to be a non sticky, flexible dough at the end. When done, let it rest for an hour in a warm place, so it grows double the original size. At 180 degrees it will bake in 25 minutes, you can check it with a needle or knife.