Easy Riser
you’ve heard all about it…..the no-knead bread. the recipe that rocked the world of home bread bakers across the country. the NKB recipe created by jim lahey - of sullivan street bakery fame - in NYC. certainly you have heard of it - but have you tried it ?
we finally did - sometime last year - and were addicted to the ease of having a truly artisan quality loaf of bread with no real effort- just time. it is based on a small amount of yeast working a lot of magic over a long period of time - 18 hours long. add a couple of sloppy ‘folds’ of the dough - a couple of more hours - and the extreme baking in a 450 degree-covered-cast iron (ceramic or glass) -dutch oven.
with emmett stuck at home recuperating - with nothing but time ! - he has revived the ( almost ) daily ritual of bread baking.
dry ingredients * we like to sub 1/4 c. whole wheat flour in recipe.
add water & stir. let sit 18 hours.
wet & bubbly mix after 18 hours.
with added flour to fold the dough.
4 ingredients + time = a lovely ball of dough. transformed in a dutch oven to a picture perfect loaf with a crispy rustic looking crust - developed yeast flavor & chewy crumb texture. it’s hard to believe the simplicity of technique behind this gorgeous loaf of bread.
of course there are lots of on-line opinions and tweaks to this recipe which you may find helpful before trying this recipe. read all about it. in the end you’ll have your own. here are a few of ours.
* for the final rise - place the dough on a piece of parchment paper. this will then allow you to gently lower the dough - on the parchment paper - into the dutch oven. the paper will brown but will not burn. this prevents the hassle of trying to flip the dough from a towel into the dutch oven - most always deflating it.
* preheat to 500 degrees. add dough and drop to 425 for remaining covered and uncovered time.
* be patient. it is worth letting the bread cool - at least an hour - to retain the crisp crust and to finish cooking the interior.
if you love (or even just like) bread - and you haven’t succumbed to trying this recipe - just do it ! get on the easy riser bandwagon !
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