Ingrédients

pour la pâte fermentée

• 300g de farine T55 ou T65
• ½ cc de levure sèche instantanée
• ¾ cc de sel fin
• 180 à 200ml d'eau tempérée

pour la pâte finale

• 600g de farine T65
• 2 cc de levure sèche instantanée
• 2 cc de sel fin
• 280 à 300ml d'eau tiède
• 15g de miel
• 40g d'huile végétale neutre
• 1 œuf
• graines de sésame, pavot, nigelle au choix

Instructions

Préparation de la pâte fermentée (la veille)

1. Dans un grand saladier, mélanger la farine avec la levure puis le sel et ajouter l'eau. Mélanger avec une cuillère en bois pour former une pâte grossière hétérogène. Ajuster avec de la farine (si la pâte parait trop collante) ou de l'eau (s'il reste de la farine non amalgamée) puis transvaser sur un plan de travail légèrement fariné dès formation d'une boule.
2. Pétrir la pâte pendant 5 à 10 min ou le temps qu'elle devienne lisse, souple et élastique (la pâte doit être légèrement collante au toucher - effet scotch).
3. Mettre la pâte dans un saladier légèrement huilé et la tourner dans tous les sens pour que sa surface aussi soit recouverte d'une fine pellicule d'huile. Couvrir avec du film alimentaire et laisser lever environ 1h (la pâte doit avoir atteint 1 fois 1/2 son volume initial).
4. Travailler brièvement la pâte sur le plan de travail ou directement dans le saladier pour la dégazer puis couvrir à nouveau et placer au réfrigérateur pour la nuit.

Note : la pâte fermentée peut être conservée 3 jours au réfrigérateur ou congelée 3 mois bien fermée dans un sac congélation. Vous pouvez également utiliser la pâte fermentée le jour même après l'avoir laissé pousser 2h au lieu d'1 mais elle aura moins d'arômes.

Préparation de la pâte finale

1. Environ 1h avant de préparer le pain, sortir la pâte fermentée du réfrigérateur, la diviser en une dizaine de morceaux et laisser revenir à température ambiante pendant 1 h bien couverts avec un torchon ou du film alimentaire.
2. Dans un grand saladier, mélanger la farine et la levure sèche puis ajouter le sel, mélanger et creuser un puits. Verser l'eau tiède, ajouter les morceaux de pâte fermentée et les écraser grossièrement du bout des doigts pour les délayer un peu. Ajouter le miel, l'huile et l'oeuf grossièrement battu.
   Mélanger avec une cuillère en bois en partant du centre et en élargissant le mouvement pour faire tomber et incorporer la farine des bords. Continuer à mélanger jusqu'à formation d'une "boule" de pâte hétérogène (ajouter éventuellement un peu d'eau s'il reste de la farine non incorporée).
3. Transférer la pâte sur un plan de travail légèrement fariné et la travailler énergiquement au départ pour favoriser la formation du réseau glutineux puis dès que la pâte commence à s'homogénéiser et à s'assouplir, la pétrir pendant une dizaine de minutes ou le temps nécessaire pour qu'elle passe le windowpane test et qu'elle soit légèrement collante au toucher.
4. Placer la pâte en boule dans un saladier huilé en la retournant pour la recouvrir sur toute sa surface. 1. Couvrir avec du film alimentaire et laisser reposer pendant 2h (la pâte doit doubler de volume).
   Note : le temps de repos ici doit impérativement être de 2h: si la pâte double de volume avant ce temps, il faut la re-pétrir gentiment pour la dégazer un peu puis la remettre à pousser le temps nécessaire pour qu'elle double de volume
5. Transvaser la pâte sur un plan de travail très légèrement fariné si besoin est et la replier 2 ou 3 fois sur elle-même. Diviser en 12 morceaux de même poids (environ 120g) et les bouler sans serrer (la pâte devant être étirée et façonnée par la suite). Couvrir avec du film alimentaire légèrement huilé et laisser en détente pendant 10 min.
6. Préparer 2 plaques de cuisson en les garnissant avec du papier sulfurisé légèrement huilé et saupoudré de semoule de maïs (ou de blé).

Façonnage des petits pains Kaiser

1. Il existe plusieurs façons de donner leur forme particulière à ces pains: la plus rapide et bien sûr celle utilisée par les professionnels consiste à utiliser un tampon-empreinte spécial (le même que celle utilisée pour les michette italiennes) disponible sur internet; la seconde plus sophistiquée mais qui demande de la patience et de la dextérité consiste en une série de replis de la pâte pour former des "pétales" et la troisième de loin la plus ludique, la plus utilisée parmi les amateurs et qui donne à mon avis les plus beaux résultats est celle du nœud comme indiqué ci-dessous.
2. Façonner chaque pâton en boudin d'environ 30 cm (en suivant le procédé détaillé ici). Faire un simple nœud sans serrer (a) puis faire une boucle avec l'extrémité droite d'abord en la faisant passer par-dessus le nœud (b) et ressortir par le centre. Procéder de même avec l'extrémité gauche qui doit faire une boucle par-dessus le nœud (c) et ressortir par le centre mais cette fois par derrière (d).
3. Déposer les petits pains au fur et à mesure sur les plaques de cuisson en les retournant (face nouée dessous), huiler légèrement la surface et couvrir avec du film alimentaire sans serrer.
   Laisser reposer pendant 45 min puis retourner très délicatement face nouée dessus, couvrir avec le film alimentaire légèrement huilé et laisser à nouveau reposer pendant 40 min environ (les pains doivent avoir doublé de volume).
   Note : il faut être particulièrement délicat dans la manipulation pour éviter de dégazer les pains. Vous pouvez utiliser une large spatule huilée glissée sous le pain à la place de vos mains. Personnellement, je préfère me servir du papier sulfurisé sur lequel sont posés les pains: je le soulève légèrement du côté du pain à retourner pour aider celui-ci à se décoller et je le réceptionne retourné dans mon autre main (légèrement huilée également) puis je le remets délicatement à sa place.
4. Préchauffer le four th. 7-8 (220°C) en plaçant un récipient métallique rempli d'eau chaude à même la sole ou sur le rack le plus bas du four pour créer une atmosphère humide indispensable à la formation de la croûte craquante caractéristique du kaiser.
5. Vaporiser les pains avec de l'eau (ou les badigeonner au pinceau toujours délicatement et sans excès d'eau) et les saupoudrer avec les graines choisies si vous les utilisez.
   Enfourner et laisser cuire pendant 5 min puis baisser le thermostat à 6-7 (200°C) et prolonger la cuisson environ 15-20 min en retournant les plaques après 10 min pour une cuisson régulière. Les petits pains Kaiser doivent avoir une couleur dorée caramel et sonner creux lorsque leur fond est tapoté.
6. Transférer les pains sur une grille et laisser refroidir. Et voilà: les pains sont prêts pour le sandwich!

Ingredients

For the crust:

• 2 packets active dry yeast
• 1 and ½ cups water, very warm (about 110 degrees)
• 2 tablespoons sugar
• 3 and ½ cups all-purpose flour, plus more if needed
• 2 teaspoons kosher salt
• ¼ cup olive oil
• Extra olive oil for greasing pan
• Grated Locatelli for sprinkling

For the sauce;

• 6 Roma tomatoes, cut in half
• 3 tablespoons olive oil
• 15 ounces tomato puree
• 2 tablespoons tomato paste
• 3 cloves garlic, finely minced
• 1 tablespoons sugar
• 1 tablespoon balsamic vinegar
• 1 teaspoon dried basil
• ¼ teaspoon dried oregano
• Salt and pepper to taste

Instructions

For the Crust:

1. In the bowl of a standing mixer fitted with a dough hook, combine the yeast with the warm water. Stir to dissolve and let stand until it looks foamy, about 5 minutes. Stir in sugar, salt, and olive oil. Turn the mixer on low, and slowly add the flour to the bowl. When the dough starts to come together, increase the speed to medium. Stop the machine periodically to scrape the dough off the hook. Mix until the dough is smooth, glossy, and elastic - about 10 minutes. Form the dough into a ball and place in a well oiled bowl. Cover with plastic wrap and let rise in a warm place until doubled in size, about an hour
2. When you're ready to bake! Preheat oven to 500 degrees (F). Line a large baking sheet with parchment paper and coat with olive oil. Place the dough on the baking sheet, and using your fingertips, press dough out toward edges of pan until it's a large rectangle. Using a fork or small pointed knife, poke the top of the dough, popping any large bubbles. Cover pan with plastic and let dough rest for another 30 minutes.
3. Place baking sheet on your baking stone (or just the oven wrack) and lower oven temperature to 425 degrees. Bake for 15 minutes. Remove pie from oven, top with tomato sauce, rotate pan, and bake for another 10 minutes. Let cool for 5 minutes before removing the tomato pie from the pan and placing on a cooling rack to finish cooling. Top with some grated cheese and serve warm or cold. I love it both ways!

For the Sauce:

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees (F). Slice the tomatoes in half, sprinkle with salt and pepper, drizzle with olive oil, and roast in oven for 45 minutes
2. While your tomatoes are roasting, combine the rest of your ingredients in a large saucepan and simmer for about 30 minutes (or until your tomatoes are done roasting. Once your tomatoes are out of the oven, give them a quick whirl in the blender, pulsing until it's a chunky consistency. Add roasted tomatoes to saucepan and continue to simmer until most of the water has evaporated and the sauce is very thick. Set aside until needed for pie.

Ingredients (Four 10" rolls)

• 260 g 1% Milk*
• 6 g Instant Dry Yeast (about 1 packet)
• 8 g Diastatic Malt powder (optional)
• 400 g Bread Flour (all-purpose works too)
• 10 g Honey (or sugar)
• 20 g Olive Oil
• 8 g Salt
• Egg wash: 1 egg white + spoonful of water
• Cornmeal for sprinkling

*Note: You could use a liquid mixture of equal parts whole milk and water. I prefer using all skim or 1% milk.

Instructions

1. Warm 260 g milk in the microwave for about 50 seconds. Ideally, the temperature is between 105-110 F to optimize yeast activity. Add 6 g of yeast along with 8 g diastatic malt powder and stir to combine. Let stand for 3-5 minutes until light foam surfaces and bubbles are visible.
   Note: Proofing the yeast is done to test the viability of the yeast. If there is no foam surface or little bubbles the yeast is likely dead and should be discarded for new yeast.
2. Meanwhile, add 400 g flour, 10 g honey, 20 g olive oil, and 8 g of salt to a large mixing bowl. Once the yeast is proofed, pour in the mixture and vigorously mix the dough with your hands until no dry flour remains in the bowl and a cohesive mass forms, about 2 minutes. Cover with plastic wrap and let rest for 15 minutes.
   Note: Resting will allow the flour to start hydrating all on its own, and make the dough a little bit easier to work with when we start kneading.
3. Kneading (Gluten development) - 5:20 pm to 5:30 pm
4. Once rested, turn the dough out onto a clean counter and knead for 8-10 minutes. I advise setting a timer to make sure ample time is spent kneading. Knead the dough until it is completely smooth and no longer sticky.
5. After kneading the dough, cut off a piece and test for gluten development by carefully stretching the dough very thin to check for a see-through 'window' before tearing.
   Note: The gluten window test is the key to understanding if the flour has been hydrated enough which is how gluten is developed. If the dough tears before getting to a slightly translucent window continue kneading for another couple of minutes.
6. Once done kneading, add the dough to the mixing bowl and cover with plastic wrap. Let rise until doubled in size, about 45-60 minutes though it could take longer depending on the yeast, room/dough temperature..
7. Once doubled in size, punch the dough down and divide into 4 equal portions, roughly 175 grams each.
8. Using your fingertips lightly press and stretch and piece of dough into a rectangle about 8 inches wide and 1 inch thick. Tightly roll the rough from the bottom to the top. Press and seal the seam created on the bottom of the roll. Now, you should have a log of dough with the seam side down. Applying even pressure with the palm of your hands in the center of the dough begin gently rolling the log out into a cylinder, about 10 inches long.
   Note: For shaping, just take a look at the video, it's hard to explain in words.
9. Evenly sprinkle cornmeal on two baking sheets. Shape each hoagie roll and place 2 on each baking sheet. Cover lightly with plastic wrap or a towel and let the rolls proof until about 1.5 to 2 times in size, another 45-60 minutes.
10. With 15 minutes of proofing left, preheat the oven to 375 F. Place an oven-safe pan or another baking sheet on the bottom rack of the oven.
    Note: Ice will be dropped on the hot pan to help create a steamy environment for better oven spring.
11. Using a razor or really sharp knife, score the hoagie rolls with one long slash at a 45-degree angle to allow for oven spring.
12. Whisk the egg white and spoonful of water together. Using a brush, lightly spread the egg wash on the exterior to gives us a better crust. Sprinkle a little cornmeal over top. Note: At this point, you can sprinkle on toppings like sesame seeds, or herbs and spices if you would like.
13. Place the rolls into the oven on the middle rack and toss in 4 to 5 ice cubes on the hot pan on the preheated pan which will create steam.
14. Bake for 10 minutes then rotate the pan. Continue baking for another 8-10 minutes until the crust is golden brown and the internal temperature reaches 200 F.
15. Let cool completely on a wire rack. I actually like to store these in a plastic bag for 1 day before making a hoagie.

Comment marquer le pain, les techniques.

Des exemples :

1. Quilted Batard Score Sourdough : Breadit

Ce pain est vraiment très bon. Il est un peu sucré à cause du miel mais ce n'est pas trop. Il se marie très bien avec du beurre salé.

Ingredients

Dough

• 1 ¼ Cup warm milk (should be just warmed to the touch)
• 1 Tbsp/packet Red Star Platinum Yeast
• ⅓ Cup honey
• 3 Tbsp. butter, softened
• 1 ¼ Cup white whole wheat flour
• 1 ¾ Cup unbleached, all-purpose flour
• 1 ½ tsp. kosher salt
• ¾ Cup old-fashioned oats

Topping

• Small amount of honey, warmed
• Small amount of old-fashioned rolled oats

Instructions

1. Place warm milk and yeast in EZ DOH bucket and stir to dissolve yeast. Let rest 1 minute.
2. Add one cup of flour, then additional dough ingredients. EZ DOH-it for 2-3 minutes, or until dough is smooth and soft and all ingredients are incorporated (add small amounts of additional flour if dough is too sticky).
3. Remove dough from bucket, spray bucket with cooking spray, “smooth” dough and replace in bucket.
4. Cover and let rise until doubled.
5. Remove dough from bucket and deflate.
6. Roll dough into a small rectangle, then roll up from long side. Pinch seams. Gently fold ends under and place, seam-side down in a large greased loaf pan (or form two smaller loaves and place in two smaller pans).
7. Cover with a clean dishtowel and let rise until the loaf is nearly doubled.
8. Gently brush the melted honey onto the top of the loaf and sprinkle the old-fashioned oats over the honey.
9. Bake at 350°F for 35-45 minutes. You may want to tent the top of the bread after ½ hr. to prevent over-browning.

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Ingrédients pour les brioches

• 35g de levure fraîche (levure de boulanger)
• 30 cl de lait
• 120g de beurre
• 100g de sucre
• 1 gros œuf
• 1 cuil. à café de sel
• 1 cuil. à soupe de cardamome fraîchement moulue
• 750g de farine

Ingrédients pour la garniture

• 120g de beurre à température ambiante
• 50g de sucre
• 2 cuil. à soupe de cannelle

Ingrédients pour le glaçage

• 1 gros oeuf
• 2 cuil. à soupe d’eau
• 2 cuil. à soupe de perles de sucre

Instructions

1. Émietter la levure fraîche dans un petit bol et dissoudre la levure dans quelques cuil. à soupe de lait. Faire fondre le beurre et verser le lait dedans. Ajouter tous les autres ingrédients et pétrir la pâte pendant environ 10-15 minutes (important). Faire reposer sous couvert d’un torchon pendant environ 30 minutes à température ambiante pour faire lever la pâte.
2. Étaler la pâte sur 3 mm d’épaisseur et 30 cm de large. Étaler le beurre à température ambiante sur toute la surface, puis saupoudrer le sucre et la cannelle par dessus.
3. Rouler la pâte dans le sens de la longueur de telle sorte qu’elle forme un long rouleau, puis couper en 25 tranches. Les placer sur une feuille de papier sulfurisé ou mieux, dans des caissettes de taille moyenne. Déposer sur une feuille de papier sulfurisé et laisser lever sous couvert d’un torchon pendant environ une heure ou jusqu’à ce que les petites brioches aient doublé de taille.
4. Battre ensemble l’oeuf et l’eau et badigeonner les petites brioches de ce mélange. Ajouter les perles de sucre par dessus pour décorer. Enfourner à 220°C pendant 5-6 minutes puis laisser refroidir sur une grille avant de servir.

C'est bon, mais ce n'est pas ma recette préférée. Je ne pense pas que j'en referai.

Ce pain est énorme. Mais comme il est très bon, ce n'est pas bien grave.
Par contre, je n'aime pas trop la recette en volume. J'aurais du peser les éléments pour la prochaine fois s'il y en a une.
Je n'ai pas aimé l'ordre d'ajout des différents ingrédients. Il y a des endroits où la farine ne s'est pas mélangée correctement au niveau des noix. Je pense qu'il faille humecter les noix avant de mettre la farine.

Ingredients

• 6 to 7 cups (125 grams per cup) all-purpose flour
• ¼ cup sugar
• 2 teaspoons active dry yeast
• 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
• 2 teaspoons salt
• 1 cup raisins
• 1 cup chopped walnuts
• 3 cups cool water (70° to 75°)

Instructions

1. In a large bowl, whisk 6 cups flour, sugar, yeast, cinnamon and salt. Stir in raisins and walnuts; add water and enough remaining flour to form a moist, shaggy dough. Do not knead. Cover and let rise in a cool place until doubled, 7-8 hours.
2. Preheat oven to 450°; place a Dutch oven with lid onto center rack and heat for at least 30 minutes. Once Dutch oven is heated, turn dough onto a generously floured surface. Using a metal scraper or spatula, quickly shape into a round loaf. Gently place on top of a piece of parchment.
3. Using a sharp knife, make a slash (1/4 in. deep) across top of loaf. Using the parchment, immediately lower bread into heated Dutch oven. Cover; bake for 30 minutes. Uncover and bake until loaf is deep golden brown and sounds hollow when tapped, 20-30 minutes longer, partially covering if it is browning too much. Remove loaf from Dutch oven and cool completely on wire rack.

Ce n'est pas un mauvais pain mais je ne suis pas satisfait de la texture de la croute. J'ai déjà fait certains pains utilisant une technique similaire qui avaient un meilleur résultat. Je pense que l'utilisation du yaourt est à l'origine de ce problème de croute.

Je vais donc mettre de coté cette recette pour me concentrer sur d'autres qui ont un résultat plus intéressant.

Ingredients

• 3 cups (405 grams) bread flour
• 1 ½ tsp (8 grams) salt
• ¼ tsp instant dry yeast (if fermenting for 18 hours), or ¾ tsp instant dry yeast (if fermenting for 6 hours)
• 1 ½ cup + 2 tbsp (385 grams) plain unsweetened yogurt containing active cultures

Instructions

1. In a stand-mixer with dough-hook, or in a large bowl by hands, mix bread flour, instant dry yeast, salt and plain yogurt on medium-low speed for 2 min until a dough forms. If the dough is too dry and has difficulty coming together, add 1 tbsp more plain yogurt. If you'd like, continue to knead the dough on medium-low speed, or with your hands, for a few more minutes until springy. The dough should be very sticky, but able to retain shapes.
2. Cover the bowl with plastic wrap and let ferment at room-temperature for 18 hours (NO MORE than 20 hours or the yogurt may spoil and become bitter!), or 6 hours depending on your schedule (note that the amount of yeast varies). The dough should almost doubled when finished.
3. After fermentation, dust the counter with flour then transfer the dough on top. Use just enough flour to prevent the dough from sticking, fold the dough gently (without crushing all the air bubbles inside) over itself like folding a letter. Turn 90 degrees and fold again. Then shape the dough into a ball-shape. Transfer to a piece of floured parchment paper, then cover a large bowl on top and let proof again for 1 ~ 2 hours. The dough is ready when it almost double in size again, and should not spring back when you press it with a finger.
4. 45 minutes before the dough's ready, preheat the oven on 450F/225C with a large dutch oven, or a heavy-bottom pot (both should come with lid) inside. To bake the bread, lift the parchment paper to transfer the dough into the preheated pot, cover the lid and bake for 30 min. Then remove the lid, and bake until the crust is golden browned.
5. Let cool on a rack for 20 min.

Wow ! C'était vraiment bon. On s'est régalé à la maison, ils sont partis en moins d'une journée.

Ingredients for the dough

• 110 ml (⅓ + ⅛ cup) lukewarm full fat milk
• 200 ml (½ + ⅓ cup) lukewarm ale (or water)
• 40 g (scant 3 tbsp) butter melted
• 1 tbsp dark brown soft sugar
• 7 g (1 sachet/2 tsp) fast action yeast
• 500 g (4 + scant ¼ cups) strong white bread flour
• 1 rounded tsp salt

Ingredients to finish

• 1.5 litres water
• 3 tbsp bicarbonate of soda (baking soda)
• 1 egg beaten
• flaky sea salt

Instructions

1. In a large bowl, whisk together the milk, ale, melted butter, sugar and yeast. Add the flour and salt and mix to form a dough. Turn out onto an un-floured surface and knead for about 10 minutes until smooth and elastic. Place into a large, lightly oiled bowl, cover with clingfilm and either place in the fridge to rise overnight, or in a warm place until doubled in size - about 1.5 hours.
2. If the dough was refrigerated, let it come up to room temperature for about half an hour before proceeding with the next step.
3. Knock back the risen dough then divide it into eight even pieces (I use a scale for accuracy). Shape each piece into a ball then roll it out into a sausage, about 15cm long. Place them well spaced apart on a lightly greased baking tray then leave to rise, uncovered (but not in a drafty spot) for about 30 minutes, until puffy.
4. Preheat the oven to 200C/400F/gas mark 6; line two baking trays with greased baking parchment (the buns have a tendency to stick). Bring the 1.5 litres of water to the boil in a large pan, stir in the bicarbonate of soda then turn down the heat until the water is not even simmering.
5. Poach the risen buns two at a time for 30 seconds per side (I use a stopwatch) then use a fish slice to transfer them to the lined baking trays; repeat with the remaining buns.
6. Brush the buns with beaten egg then use a lame, extremely sharp knife or razor blade (I use an old fashioned razor blade) to cut three fairly deep diagonal slashes in each bun. Sprinkle the buns with flaky sea salt.
7. Bake in the preheated oven for about 15-20 minutes, until deep brown; don't take them out too early - a lot of the flavour comes from the dark colour.
8. Transfer the buns to a wire rack to cool. Eat on the day they are baked.

Vraiment facile à faire et super bon. À refaire !

Ingredients

• 1 ⅝ cups or 390 mL or 390 g of water
• 1 cup or 106 g of walnuts
• 1 cup or 128 g of craisins, i.e. dried cranberries
• 2 cups or 312 g all-purpose or bread flour, more for dusting
• 1 cup or 156 g of whole grain flour
• ¼ teaspoon or 1 g of instant yeast
• 1 ¼ teaspoons or 9 g of salt

Instructions

1. Pour the water into a small bowl. Add walnut and craisins and stir them a little to make sure they are wetted from all sides. If you don't do this step, you may get dry flour pockets in the creases of the walnuts and/or craisins.
2. Let the water sit for a few minutes.
3. Combine the white flour, whole grain flour, yeast and salt in the large plastic bowl.
4. Mix these dry ingredients well with the fork.
5. Pour the water, walnuts and craisins onto the flour mixture.
6. Stir everything with the fork until it's well blended. No flour residue should be at the walls or bottoms of the bowl. Just shaggy and sticky dough. Make sure all the flour is worked into the dough glob.
7. Cover the bowl with its plastic top.
8. Place the bowl at a spot that has and maintains room temperature. 70F / 25C is ideal. I always put it next to a heating vent in the center portion of our house.
9. Let the dough rise for at least 12 hours, preferably about 18 hours. Which means, forget about the bread for a while.
10. The dough is ready when its surface is dotted with bubbles. The dough should be covering the entire bottom of the bowl.
11. If the inside of the top of the bowl is wet, dry it of, place it upside down on the table and flour it. Alternatively, you can use a large cutting board.
12. Dig your hands underneath the dough from all sides until you can lift all of it out.
13. Place the dough on the flour covered surface.
14. Sprinkle some more flour on top of the dough, then fold it over on itself twice.
15. Sprinkle some more flour on top.
16. Wash the large bowl, dry it, and place it over the dough, i.e. cover the dough.
17. Let the dough rest for about 15 minutes.
18. Lift the bowl up from the top. Turn the bowl around and then place the dough into it. I usually place the side that was facing upwards downwards.
19. Cover the bowl with its top and place it in a location that gets warm when preheating the oven.
20. Let the dough rise for 90 minutes.
21. Put the glass or ceramic pot together with its top into the oven.
22. Heat up the oven to 400 F / 200 C.
23. Let the oven and the pot heat up for 30 minutes.
24. Using the oven mittens, remove the pot from the oven and place it on top of the oven. Take the lid off and place it on the side. Remember that the pot and the lid are hot, so don't place them on anything that can melt.
25. Remove the plastic lid from the plastic bowl with the bread.
26. With the silicone spatula, drop the entire dough ball/glob into the hot pot.
27. Sprinkle some flour on top.
28. Close the metal lid and place the pot back in the oven.
29. Bake if for 30 minutes with the lid closed.
30. Bake it for another 15 minutes without the lid.
31. Again with the oven mittens, take the pot out of the oven and remove the lid.
32. Keep using the mittens to remove the bread with both hands from the pot. The bread may sometimes sticks a little to the bottom. Be careful to avoid touching the hot pot.
33. Lay the bread on a grid or screen to let it cool down.
34. After 1-2 hours you need to decide whether you prefer a hard crunchy crust or a softer crust.
35. For a hard crunchy crust you are done.
36. For a softer crust, place the bread in one of those flimsy shopping bags and loosely tie its handles together. That will keep more moisture in the bread and creates a nice not to hard crust. (Do not apply the bag too early. It can cause a too high moisture level in the bread and the bread will have a very slight soggy feel to it.)
37. Let the bread cool down entirely. I typically wait until the next day.

Même si le résultat est décevant sur la forme, le goût est vraiment très bon. À refaire.

Ingredients

• 400g flour Type 550
• 275g cold Water
• 3g fresh yeast
• 8g Salt

Instructions

1. Mix flour with water and let it rest for 20min (autolysis).
2. Add yeast and salt and knead for 5 min by hand.
3. Let it rest for 30 min, then fold it from the outside of bowl into the middle for three or four times.
4. Ferment the dough for 12 hours (overnight) at room temperature.
5. The next morning heat baking stone in the oven to 250°C.
6. In the meantime divide the dough into two pieces and press each piece into a square of 15 cm x 15 cm.
7. Spread a thin layer of oil on top of one of the square.
8. Remove a part of the oil again with a paper towel, to ensure that it is a really thin layer!
9. Now place the other dough square on top and cut it into four squares.
10. Place two squares upright with a tip facing upright.
11. Proof on a couche for 35 min.
12. Bake the loaves on the hot stone for 22 min at 250°C with steam, until the crust is golden brown.

Chocolate Coffee Babka Wreath

Dough ingredients

• 1 tbsp yeast (11g)
• 50 ml warm water
• 3 tbsp granulated sugar
• 200 ml milk
• 2 eggs
• 1 tbsp Vanilla
• 460 g flour
• 100 g butter

Chocolate Filling ingredients

• 110 g butter
• 150 g semi-sweet chocolate
• ½ cup powdered sugar
• ½ cup cocoa
• 1 tbsp instant coffee
• Pinch of salt

Caramel Syrup ingredients

• ½ cup granulated sugar
• ½ cup water

Instructions day 1

1. In a bowl, whisk together the warm water, yeast, and a pinch of sugar and let it rest until fluffy for 5-7 min.
2. In a large bowl (preferably of a stand mixer), put flour, milk, remaining sugar, salt, eggs, vanilla, and yeast.
3. Mix them until combined for about 3-4 minutes. Then, cover it with a cloth or plastic wrap and let it rest at room temperature for 10-12 minutes.
4. After that, knead the dough by stand mixer or hand. Add room temperature butter to the dough and continue to knead for 12-15 minutes.
5. Cover the dough with plastic wrap and keep it in the refrigerator overnight. If you have limited time, you can keep it for around 3 hours.

Instructions day 2

1. Prepare the chocolate paste; in a medium saucepan, place the butter and chocolate and stir over low heat until the chocolate is completely melted. Remove the pan from the heat and add the cocoa, powdered sugar, coffee, and salt. Whisk until the ingredients are well combined and let it cool at room temp.
2. Transfer the dough onto a floured counter and using a rolling pin, roll out the dough into a 26x16 inch (70x40cm) rectangle. Spread the chocolate mixture on the dough with a spatula.
3. Tightly roll up the dough from the long side, transfer the roll to a baking sheet and leave it in the freezer for 5-10 minutes for it to be cut easily.
4. Remove the roll from the freezer and using a knife cut down the middle lengthwise. Knit the dough sides as in the IG Reel, curl into a circle and fix the ends to make a wreath. Transfer to a baking sheet carefully. Cover the wreath with plastic wrap or a clean kitchen towel and let it rest for 60-75 minutes.
5. Preheat the oven 340-350F. Bake for 30-35 minutes, until its top turns brown.
6. Remove from the oven and brush with caramel syrup. Decorate it and serve.

Ingredients

• Bread flour 430 grams
• Water 345 grams of water
• Yeast 1 gram of yeast (1/4 tsp)
• salt 12 grams (2 tsp kosher)
• Wheat bran, cornmeal, or additional flour for dusting

Instructions

1. In a medium bowl, stir together the flour, salt, and yeast. Add the water and, using a wooden spoon or your hand, mix until you have a wet, sticky dough, about 30 seconds. Make sure it’s really sticky to the touch; if it’s not, mix in another tablespoon or two of water. Cover the bowl with a plate, tea towel, or plastic wrap and let sit at room temperature (about 72 degrees F), out of direct sunlight, until the surface is dotted with bubbles and the dough is more than doubled in size. This will take a minimum of 12 hours and (my preference) up to 18 hours. This slow rise – fermentation – is the key to flavor.
2. When the first fermentation is complete, generously dust a work surface (a wooden or plastic board is fine) with flour. Use a bowl scraper or rubber spatula to scrape the dough out of the bowl in one piece. When you begin to pull the dough away from the bowl, it will cling in long, thin strands (this is the developed gluten), and it will be quite loose and sticky – do not add more flour. Use slightly floured hands or a bowl scraper or spatula to lift the edges of the dough in toward the center. Nudge and tuck in the edges of the dough to make it round.
3. Place a cotton or linen tea towel (not terry cloth, which tends to stick and may leave lint in the dough) or a large cloth napkin on your work surface and generously dust the cloth with wheat bran, cornmeal, or flour. Use your hands or a bowl scraper or a wooden spatula to gently lift the dough to cover it and place it in a warm, draft-free spot to rise for 1 to 2 hours. The dough is ready when it is almost doubled. If you gently poke it with your finger, making an indentation about ¼ inch deep, it should hold the impression. If it doesn’t, let it rise for another 15 minutes.
4. Half an hour before the end of the second rise, preheat the oven to 475 degrees F, with a rack in the lower third position, and place a covered 4 ½ to 5 ½- quart heavy pot in the center of the rack.
5. Using pot holders, carefully remove the preheated pot from the oven, and uncover it. Unfold the tea towel, lightly dust the dough with flour or bran, lift up the dough, either on the towel or in your hand, and quickly but gently invert it into the pot, seam side up. (Use caution – the pot will be very hot; see photos, page 55.) Cover the pot and bake for 20 minutes.
6. Remove the lid and continue baking until the bread is a deep, chestnut color but not burnt, 15 to 30 minutes more. Use a heatproof spatula or pot holders to carefully lift the bread out of the pot and place it on a rack to cool thoroughly. Don’t slice or tear into it until it has cooled, which usually takes at least an hour.

Notes

• Original recipe uses 8g salt.
• Try: After taking lid off dutch oven, put oven on baking sheet. prevents burnt bottoms
• Try: After bake is done, turn off oven, crack door, and let bread sit in oven for 20 minutes curing crust
  Bake bread darker!
• Notes from Bittman → No Kneading, but Some Fine-Tuning - The New York Times
• SALT Many people, me included, felt Mr. Lahey’s bread was not salty enough. Yes, you can use more salt and it won’t significantly affect the rising time. I’ve settled at just under a tablespoon.
• TIMING About 18 hours is the preferred initial rising time. Some readers have cut this to as little as eight hours and reported little difference. I have not had much luck with shorter times, but I have gone nearly 24 hours without a problem. Room temperature will affect the rising time, and so will the temperature of the water you add (I start with tepid). Like many other people, I’m eager to see what effect warmer weather will have. But to those who have moved the rising dough around the room trying to find the 70-degree sweet spot: please stop. Any normal room temperature is fine. Just wait until you see bubbles and well-developed gluten — the long strands that cling to the sides of the bowl when you tilt it — before proceeding.
• THE SECOND RISE Mr. Lahey originally suggested one to two hours, but two to three is more like it, in my experience. (Ambient temperatures in the summer will probably knock this time down some.) Some readers almost entirely skipped this rise, shaping the dough after the first rise and letting it rest while the pot and oven preheat; this is worth trying, of course.
• OTHER FLOURS Up to 30 percent whole-grain flour works consistently and well, and 50 percent whole-wheat is also excellent. At least one reader used 100 percent whole-wheat and reported “great crust but somewhat inferior crumb,” which sounds promising. I’ve kept rye, which is delicious but notoriously impossible to get to rise, to about 20 percent. There is room to experiment.
• FLAVORINGS The best time to add caraway seeds, chopped olives, onions, cheese, walnuts, raisins or whatever other traditional bread flavorings you like is after you’ve mixed the dough. But it’s not the only time; you can fold in ingredients before the second rising.
• COVERING BETWEEN RISES A Silpat mat under the dough is a clever idea (not mine). Plastic wrap can be used as a top layer in place of a second towel.

Testé et approuvé !
Vraiment très bon.

C'est excellent ! J'ai remplacé la poudre d'ail par un mélange d'ail et d'onion caramélisés et séchés.
À refaire !

Ingredients

• 80g (1/3c) milk - cold out of fridge is fine
• 80g (1/3c) warm water
• 1 & ½ tsp yeast - instant or dry active
• 10g (2tsp) sugar
• 10g (2tsp) vegetable oil
• 250g (2c) flour - I use half AP & half bread flour - you can use all bread if preferred
• ½ tsp salt
• dash of garlic powder - to taste - I use about 1-2 tsp
• dash of dried oregano - or another herb - optional
• 1-2 tbs softened butter or margarine
• shredded cheese - to taste

Instructions

1. Mix together milk, water, yeast, sugar in a large bowl. If you want to check if the yeast is alive, leave it to 'bloom' for few minutes (should foam up). I know my yeast is fine, so I don't wait. Just stir together to dissolve the yeast. Then add the oil, flour, sprinkle over the salt, garlic powder, dried oregano.
2. Stir with a spoon to form a dough. Lay down a large piece of plastic wrap and lightly oil it allover. Put the dough on top. Using the plastic wrap, "fold & press" the dough for about two minutes. That's the "kneading" done! Put the dough back in the bowl, cover, and leave to proof until doubled, should take 45-60min.
3. Lay down the same plastic wrap again. Take the dough out. Fold & press once of twice to form a neater shape. Put another piece of plastic on top, roll the dough out into a sheet approx 40x18cm. Spread the butter/margarine on the dough, leaving a half inch gap at the top. Sprinkle on some more garlic powder or use fresh garlic paste if you like. Sprinkle on the cheese. Roll up the dough, press as you roll but no need to be tight, pinch the seam to seal.
4. Cut the log into ten pieces. I bake in a loaf pan lined with foil and brushed with vegetable oil. Place the ten dough pieces in the pan. Let proof again for 30-45min, until almost doubled.
5. Bake in a Pre-Heated oven, 195C (380F) or fan 175C (350F), for 20-22min. Ideal baking temp & time can vary, depending on your oven. Brush on a little butter on top while hot to soften the crust and give it a little shine. Best enjoyed while warm.

Ingredients

• 463g de farine
• 14g de levure
• 31g de sucre
• 30g de formule pour bébé (j'ai utilisé du lait en poudre à la place)
• 9g de sel
• 41g de beurre fondu
• 220g d'eau tiède
• 1 gros œuf
• des graines de sésame

Instructions

1. Mélanger la farine, la levure, le sucre, le lait en poudre et le sel.
2. Ajouter le beurre fondu, l'eau et l'œuf.
3. Mélanger avec la feuille du mélangeur.
4. Pétrir 3 minutes à vitesse 3.
5. Mettre la pâte dans un bol huilé.
6. Laisser pousser pendant 2h.
7. Dégazer.
8. Faire 6 à 8 boules en fonction de la grosseur désirée.
9. Badigeonner avec de l'huile d'olive.
10. Laisser pousser pendant 1h.
11. Badigeonner avec un œuf battu ou du lait (j'ai utilisé du lait de coco).
12. Faire cuire 20 minutes à 218°C.

Ingredients

• ½ Cup boiling water
• 1 envelope (1oz. pkg) onion soup mix
• 1 Tbsp. butter
• 1 Cup warm water
• 1 Tbsp/packet Red Star Platinum Yeast
• 1 Tbsp. sugar
• 3½-4 Cup unbleached all-purpose flour

Instructions

1. Mix first three ingredients together in a bowl. Whisk to dissolve soup mix and melt butter. Let cool til warm.
2. Place the 1 cup of warm water and the yeast in EZ DOH bucket and stir to dissolve yeast. Let rest 1 minute.
3. Add one cup of flour, then additional dough ingredients, including the cooled onion soup mixture. EZ DOH-it for 2-3 minutes, or until dough is smooth and soft and all ingredients are incorporated.
4. Remove dough from bucket, spray bucket with cooking spray, “smooth” dough and replace in bucket. Cover and let rise until doubled.
5. Punch the dough down and divide into 12 equal pieces.
6. Place in a greased 7x12” rectangular pan. Cover and let rise until they have “filled” the pan (or close to it).
7. Bake at 375 for 20-25 minutes, or until golden. Brush tops lightly with butter. ENJOY!!