Right now I am traveling and have landed in Cedar Key
Florida. I brought along with the two cats, Donna, and a ton of production
gear, and of all things my starter. I figured I would try some bread recipes
while on location for a while.
This no knead recipe is one that requires no special tools,
flour, or yeast. The dutch oven that is so often used for baking this bread, is
no where to be found. So I improvised. I found a cooking pot and aluminum foil
and away I went.
You will need one pack of yeast, four cups of flour, and for
this recipe I used one cup of proofed starter and a little over a cup of water.
Through in three tabelspoons of extra Virgin olive oil and a teaspoon of sea
salt. Mix everything up and fold on a flour surface into a ball.
Now do this in the morning so the dough can rise all day, at
night place the dough covered in the fridge. In the morning punch down and let
sit out all day to rise again. Bake in the afternoon.
Pre heat oven to 450 with the pot inside the oven. Be sure
to use heavy duty pot holders so you won’t burn yourself. I also place a steam
tray in the oven, it is just a pan with water in it. This keeps the oven humid
and will help crust up the bread towards the end of baking.
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| Rise in a warm place |
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| Use a steam bath, tray with water in it. |
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| Use foil for a lid. "Fake Dutch Oven" |
Once oven is at temp, take out the pot and place the dough
inside. I rubbed a little olive oil on the top of the dough then scored it
twice, covered with foil, then placed in oven.
After thirty minutes, take off foil and bake another 15
minutes, then your done.
This is so simple and makes delicious bread. If you don’t have
a sour dough starter I suggest starting one. I use mine every time I bake, the
flavor is fantastic.
So when traveling you don’t need to take the pantry, just
pick up some cheap flour, water, salt, yeast and a little olive oil and you are
set to have some of the best bred in the world. It is hard to mess this recipe
up!!
Chow and enjoy!
Jim Baugh
JBO TV
Author of HOOKED
