Jan 31 2014
Today I was ready to try my second loaf of Artisan bread in
5 Minutes a Day. My first loaf I did after the dough was in the fridge one day.
It did not go so well; I had trouble getting a ball formed and it flattened out
while resting for the 40 minutes. In spite of the problems it turned out pretty
good. They claimed the bread would get better the longer it set in the fridge
for its two weeks life. Today was the third day in the fridge.
I was determined to do a better job of cloaking, (forming
the ball), this time. I had a bowl with about a half cup of flour in to work
over. I pinched off some of the dough, I got too much dough on my hands so
washed them off. I then sprinkled some flour over the dough I had selected; I
got it out of the bowl and working over the bowl with the flour in I was able
to do pretty good cloaking it about 5 times dusting with flour each time and
had a nice ball.
It was a little smaller than I wanted but placed it in my
Lodge steel skillet I had dusted with corn meal to rest for 40 minutes. It
flattened a little but stayed in a ball. I had the oven heating to 450 deg.
with a pan to add water to. When it was ready to bake I put a cup of hot water
in the pan, be careful it will steam up when you pour it in. I then placed the
bread in the oven, set the time and checked after 25 minutes. I let it go for
another 5 minutes then pulled it out to cool. Not perfect yet but I am getting
there.
We had it with Kerrygold Irish butter for supper. I thought
it was good but my daughter in law, who is my go to taster, said this is tastes
better than your first loaf. That girl has super smell and taste but being
mostly vegetarian I can’t get her to try some of the meat I do; what a shame
with her tasting I could get better cooking everything!
My next batch of bread I will add ¼ cup more flour to the
recipe so it’s a better consistency for forming a ball. They recommend using a
peel and baking the bread on a baking stone but I am going to stay with my
skillet until I get this down better.
Ball made
After 40 minutes ready to bake
Done
Sliced
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