Tuesday, January 19, 2010

No-Knead Bread recipe

Robin called and asked for this recipe today, how did I forget to include it in that post???
So...if you were wanting it, here it is.

No-Knead Bread

adapted from Jim Lahey, Sullivan Street Bakery

Time: about 1 1/2 hours plus 14 to 20 hours rising time

3 cups all purpose or bread flour, more for dusting
1/4 teaspoon instant yeast
1 1/4 teaspoons salt
cornmeal or wheat bran as needed

In a large bowl combine flour, yeast and salt. Add 1 1/2 cups water and stir until blended; dough will be shaggy and sticky. Cover bowl with plastic wrap. Let dough rest at least 12 hours, preferably about 18, at warm room temperature, about 70º.
Dough is ready when its surface is dotted with bubbles. Lightly flour a work surface and place dough on it; sprinkle with a little more flour and fold it over on itself once or twice. Cover loosely with plastic wrap and let rest about 15 minutes.
Using just enough flour to keep dough from sticking to work surface or to your fingers, gently and quickly shape dough into a ball. Generously coat a cotton towel (not terry cloth) with flour, wheat bran or cornmeal; put dough seam side down on towel and dust with more flour, bran or cornmeal. Cover with another cotton towel and let rise about 2 hours. When it is ready, dough will be more than double in size and will not readily spring back when poked with your finger.
At least one half hour before dough is ready heat oven to 450º. Put a 6-8 quart heavy covered pot (cast iron, enamel, Pyrex, or ceramic) in oven as it heats. When dough is ready, carefully remove pot from oven. Slide your hand under towel and turn dough over into pot, seam side up; it may look like a mess, but that is OK. Shake pan once or twice if dough is unevenly distributed; it will straighten out as it bakes. Cover with lid and bake 30 minutes, then remove lid and bake another 15 to 30 minutes, until loaf is beautifully browned. Cool on a rack. Yield: one 1 1/2 pound loaf

3 comments:

  1. thanks, mom. I'm going to try it this week along with some broccoli-cheese soup!

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  2. A nice and quick way to make fresh bread! I always liked the process of kneading bread, tho. There was something relaxing and rewarding in it. And the heavenly smell was wonderful, too!

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  3. I'm going to have to try this so I can see exactly what shaggy dough looks like.

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