She blogged about it here ...and here . I made some the other day along with several of her followers. I kind of snickered when some of them mentioned making mistakes...because really, it is so simple, who could do that? Check there for the actual ingredients and measurements as well as her "how to"...
Well...I made a little boo boo too that could have been soooo much worse than it was. Thankfully I like to watch any of my breads for the first few minutes. You know ...just because it's such fun to see how it begins to rise immediately. Thank goodness I did peek in there... because I left plastic wrap on the dough!! Aacckkk!!. what a stupid thing to do!
I whipped open the oven door and tore off the wrap... taking some dough with it and leaving a few little peaks on top of one loaf. Who cares? I was just happy it didn't melt totally and burn and make a helluva mess. The oven was at 425 F....methinks it soon would've been a major disaster.
This bread is an easy no knead loaf... and like all good rustic, artisan loaves ..has lots of lovely air pockets.... it's supposed to.
One day....mix up the ingredients.... cover it with that dreaded plastic wrap...and leave it for about 18 - 24 hours on your counter top. I was a bit worried that perhaps my bowl was a bit small..but, no..it stopped at a few inches from the top.
next day it looks like this..... lots of tiny air bubbles... and quite sticky...
Gently scrape it out of the bowl onto a well floured surface... and, as Linda says... lift it skyward with a spatula a few times. Gently form it into a loaf with hands well floured... or two smaller ones...and let it rest while the oven is heating. Here was where I caused my own problem...I put that stupid plastic wrap back on top of my loaves while they were resting, and then... didn't even notice it and slid the loaves into the oven. DON'T DO THAT.
As Mr. BV said...why didn't you use a tea towel like you do all the other times with bread? At least you would have noticed that.
D'uuhhh .... who knows? ...
See my little spiky thingies? ... caused from ripping off the plastic wrap.
Here's the perfect one.
and.... even more perfect hot with butter melting on a slice.... MMMMMMMMM......
2 comments:
Looks great despite the mishap! So glad to hear you didn't set something on fire.
Beautiful! I love this bread and am now trying other artisan breads baked on a pizza stone. I have to say that Carson's very simple bread is the best one so far. Love your pix, and I really, really love that you told us about your mistake. We all mess up; but most of us aren't brave enough to document the mess!
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