I'm trying to eat healthy and I know bread is a basic food.What is a good homemade bread recipe?
Wholemeal bread
Combine a 7gm sachet of dried yeast with half a cup of warm water in a small bowl: stir in 1 teaspoon of caster sugar. Cover with plastic wrap and set aside for 5 minutes until bubbles appear on the surface.
Sift 2 cups of unbleached plain flower, and mix with 2 cups plain wholemeal flour, add 1 teaspoon salt, 2 tablespoons dried wholemilk powder and 1 tablespoon caster sugar into a large bowl.
Make a well in the centre, add yeast, quarter cup cooking oil and 1 cup warm water.
Using hands or large spoon, mix to a soft dough. Turn onto lightly floured surface, Knead ten minutes or until smooth and elastic. If needed incorporate up to half cup extra flour until dough is not sticky.
Place in large lightly oiled bowl. Leave, covered with a teatowel in a warm place for 1 hour or until well risen. Punch dough down, and knead for 1 minute.
Divide and shape into loaves or rolls. Leave covered with plastic wrap for 45 minutes or until well risen. Place in a tin which has been lightly oiled with butter or oil. Or mould into free-form shapes and place on a greased baking tray.
Bake in tins in a 210 degree C (Gas 190 c) oven for 10 minutes, lower heat to 180 c - bake an extra 30-40 minutes.
Bake free form loaves in a 210 c oven for 10 minutes - lower heat to180c and cook for 20-30 minutes. Cooking times will depend on size of loaves or rolls. To test for doneness, tap bottom of bread with knuckles. A hollow sound indicates bread is done.
Note. Dough is enough for 1 large, 2 medium or 3 small loaves, or 16-24 rolls.
If white bread is prefered replace the 2 cups of wholemeal flour with another 2 cups of plain flour.What is a good homemade bread recipe?
I've been baking my own for years now - I'll give you a very basic one.
450 g bread (strong) flour
15 g yeast
pinch of sugar
225 g lukewarm water
2 tablespoons olive oil
salt
fresh rosemary or sage or ... whatever you have at home
put the yeast and a pinch of sugar in a cup, then pour the lukewarm water, stir with a knife or a spatula and then add the oil. Leave it to dissolve, forming some foam on top.
Sieve the flour into a bowl, then make a well in the middle and pour the yeast-water mix, mix very well, then add about half tablespoon of salt. It is v. important that the salt doesn't mix directly with the yeast or it will prevent the dough from rising.
Knead your dough for at least 15 minutes (you can use a food processor), then leave it to rest for at least 1 hour. You need to cover your dough with a sheet of oily cling film.
Knead again - the dough should become elastic and soft - then season a plum cake tin, put the dough, add your herbs on top and leave to rise again. Bake at about 200 C - fan function, at the highest section of your oven, for about 30 mins. Some people like to brush the dough with some more olive oil on top before baking it.
add flour and water then cook it
3 cups bread flour( a.p. flour will work too)
1 pk INSTANT yeast
1 teaspoon salt (kosher salt is best)
1 2/3 cups hot water ( just turn your tap water on hot only)
mix the flour salt and yeast together well, either by hand or with a stand mixer. if by hand place the flour in a bowl and add the water stir with a spoon until it begins to come together, then finish with your hands, it should be smooth. knead for about 10 min and shape it into a ball. if by machiene mix the same way but you only have to knead it for about 5 to seven min on med speed after it comes together use the dough hook. either way after kneading, place the dough in a bowl and cover with clingwrap or a damp dish towel and place it in a dry warm spot until it doubles in size. punch the dough down with your fist and turn it out onto the counter, shape it into whatever shape you want, to make a sandwich loaf of bread, flatten the dough and streach it into a rectangle. fold the top corners into the center, like a paper airplane. starting at the point you just made roll the dough up towards you into a log shape. place in a loaf pan and bake at 450-475 until golden brown and the bread sounds hollow when tapped
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