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altivo

Bread experiment

Feb 20, 2010 23:23

Attempting to reconstruct an excellent bread recipe that we have somehow misplaced. This is a "no-knead" dough. It rises at room temperature overnight, is shaped with very light kneading and rises again, then is baked inside a closed container such as a cast iron Dutch oven. Very easy, though I recommend a scale to weigh flour rather than measuring ( Read more... )

bread, baking, weather

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kint February 21 2010, 13:25:09 UTC

Did you perhaps have the original NY Times article/recipe that made this whole thing popular?

Hope it turns out well for you! :)

altivo February 21 2010, 16:21:15 UTC

No, we hadn't seen the NYT item but thanks. That's of interest too ( ... )

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altivo February 21 2010, 21:29:09 UTC

Yup, a can of beer. I think Charlie's copy specified "lager" (who knows why) but actually the first time we tried it we used a bottle of cider since we had no beer in the house. It worked.

Today I'm using the beer, cheap stuff but I figure yeast and flour won't care. No sugar in the recipe, which accounts for the 18 hour first rise. I've just shaped the loaf, using the floured tea towel method, and set it to rise. In a couple of hours we shall see what we have. I promise to take a picture.

Colds happen goldenstallion February 21 2010, 23:46:10 UTC

Dear Rider ( ... )

Re: Colds happen altivo February 22 2010, 10:59:32 UTC

Sounds like this cold or whatever-it-is that I've had. Two weeks and counting of sniffles and on and off headaches.

Art did happen yesterday afternoon while the bread was baking:
http://altivo.deviantart.com/art/Vixen-preliminary-sketch-154998164

(Only the pencil sketch so click-enlarge it to see better.) Bread was good too. See recipe in the latest LJ post. Very, very easy, crunchy crust artisan style bread. You need an oven and a heavy covered pot like a cast iron Dutch oven, though.

Snowing hard here, about 3 inches so far. Not enough to close the library yet. I imagine this storm is headed right for you guys and you'll get more because of the lake.

Thursday we'll hear whether Chrysios and Jake made the first cut in the Amazon competition. I'll let you know.

cabcat February 25 2010, 10:51:13 UTC

12 inches? Hah! the size most lied about

altivo February 25 2010, 12:50:09 UTC

And it was a lie that time too.