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No Knead, Dutch Oven Bread

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6:29 am
May 8, 2009


CindyP

Hart, MI

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I found this recipe for a crusty italian type bread, using a dutch oven to bake it in to create the humidity needed for the crusty crust…

No Knead, Dutch Oven Bread

1/4 tsp active dry yeast
1 1/2 cups warm water
3 cups all-purpose flour, plus more for dusting. You may use white, whole wheat or a combination of the two.
1 1/2 tsp salt
Cornmeal or wheat bran for dusting

  1. In a large bowl, dissolve yeast in water. Add the flour and salt, stirring until blended. The dough will be shaggy and sticky. Cover bowl with plastic wrap. Let the dough rest at least 8 hours, preferably 12 to 18, at warm room temperature, about 70 degrees.
  2. The dough is ready when its surface is dotted with bubbles. Lightly flour a work surface and place dough on it. Sprinkle it with a little more flour and fold it over on itself once or twice. Cover loosely with plastic wrap and let it rest for about 15 minutes.
  3. Using just enough flour to keep the dough from sticking to the work surface or to your fingers, gently shape it into a ball. Generously coat a clean dish towel with flour, wheat bran or cornmeal. Put the seam side of the dough down on the towel and dust with more flour, bran or cornmeal. Cover with another towel and let rise for about 1 to 2 hours. When it’s ready, the dough will have doubled in size and will not readily spring back when poked with a finger.
  4. At least 20 minutes before the dough is ready, heat oven to 475 degrees. Put a 6- to 8-quart heavy covered pot (cast iron, enamel, Pyrex or ceramic) in the oven as it heats. When the dough is ready, carefully remove the pot from the oven and lift off the lid. Slide your hand under the towel and turn the dough over into the pot, seam side up. The dough will lose its shape a bit in the process, but that’s OK. Give the pan a firm shake or two to help distribute the dough evenly, but don’t worry if it’s not perfect; it will straighten out as it bakes.
  5. Cover and bake for 30 minutes. Remove the lid and bake another 15 to 20 minutes, until the loaf is beautifully browned. Remove the bread from the Dutch oven and let it cool on a rack for at least 1 hour before slicing.

“Learn all you can from the mistakes of others. You won’t have time to make them all yourself.”  ― Alfred Sheinwold

8:44 am
May 8, 2009


Jayne

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Sounds yummy!

9:14 am
May 8, 2009


Pete

WV

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posts 7866

Cindy, we must be hanging out at the same places (You probably provided a link somewhere which led me there!) because I saw this recipe as well.  It does sound good doesn't it!  Thanks for posting this.  I got distracted and didn't get it!

For those who don't have a cast iron dutch oven handy, you should be able to create a similar effect on the crust by placing a can of boiling water in the oven and putting the loaf in a pie plate.

I prefer using a pie plate for round loaves because you don't get the shape of the cake pan in the bottom of the loaf (the angled side of a pie plate is roughly that of the loaf).  Mosty I like a rustic loaf which is free formed, but sometimes you want the loaf to retain it's shape.  That's when I pull out the pie plate.

In any case, it is the keeping the loaf in high humidity as it bakes that creates that crunchy crust.  Then NOT putting it into a bag after it cools.

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9:55 am
May 8, 2009


Leahld22

Newburgh, IN

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Pete said:

Cindy, we must be hanging out at the same places (You probably provided a link somewhere which led me there!) because I saw this recipe as well.  It does sound good doesn't it!  Thanks for posting this.  I got distracted and didn't get it!

For those who don't have a cast iron dutch oven handy, you should be able to create a similar effect on the crust by placing a can of boiling water in the oven and putting the loaf in a pie plate.

I prefer using a pie plate for round loaves because you don't get the shape of the cake pan in the bottom of the loaf (the angled side of a pie plate is roughly that of the loaf).  Mosty I like a rustic loaf which is free formed, but sometimes you want the loaf to retain it's shape.  That's when I pull out the pie plate.

In any case, it is the keeping the loaf in high humidity as it bakes that creates that crunchy crust.  Then NOT putting it into a bag after it cools.


Now how about that! I dont have a dutch oven so thats some good info to have. You so smart Pete!Laugh

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10:24 am
May 8, 2009


GeorgiaZ

Guest

I gotta try this one. I have dutch ovens of every size. And a bad back to prove it!Laugh

10:33 am
May 8, 2009


CindyP

Hart, MI

Admin

posts 7627

“Learn all you can from the mistakes of others. You won’t have time to make them all yourself.”  ― Alfred Sheinwold


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