6/22/2023 0 Comments Waffles cooking nytimesExcessive handling is not recommended: 15 to 30 seconds of shaping is a reasonable amount. Then stretch and shape the dough into a loose ball. Preshape the bubbly dough, let it rest for 15 minutes.The schedule of mixing the flour, salt, yeast and water all together before I go to bed works for me. Rest the dough ingredients mix at room temperature for at least 12 hours.Everything will fall in place no fancy equipments required. No folding, but some shaping on the next day. This recipe involves minimal handling: just mix the ingredients, and leave it alone overnight. Allow the bread ingredients the benefit of time (24 hours, more or less) to work its magic. In the end, one guiding principle in breadmaking stands out to me. It makes me think seriously how I can streamline my breadmaking process - meanwhile no compromising in the results of an airy finished loaf with crackling crust and custard crumb. I’ve concluded that anyone, anywhere, can do this. It’s a breath of fresh air to reimagine that the no-knead and minimalist method to bread baking is so accessible. Here, I set out to demonstrate that the no-knead striped-down version of bread-baking is very doable. Of course, assuming you get the bread ingredients which are the essential building blocks. It’s liberating you can make bread just using a glass bowl and two kitchen towels. No electric mixer, no plastic rising bucket, no bench scraper, no proofing bannetons, no bread lame or serrated knife, no instant-read thermometer. Or try going back in times for a few centuries. Imagine you’re quarantined in a distant location. I am intent on not using my usual baking tools and equipments. With just one bowl and a few essential ingredients: flour, yeast, salt and water, you can make the bread you see here. As long as you have access to an oven, and perhaps, a Dutch oven, you’re in business. It doesn’t matter where you are, or what baking equipments you have on hand.
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