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Basic Bread

The simplest of ingredients, can make the most wondrous of dishes. No where is this more true than bread. Flour, Water, Yeast, and Salt can combine into one of the comforting of comfort foods.
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Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 30 minutes
Total Time 3 hours 45 minutes
Servings: 1 loaf
Course: Side Dish
Cuisine: Global
Calories: 1993
Ingredients Method Nutrition Notes

Ingredients
  

  • 400 gram White Bread Flour (good stuff, King Aurther is what I use)
  • 100 gram Whole Wheat Flour (good stuff, King Aurther is what I use)
  • 10 gram Salt Kosher, of course
  • 10 gram Instant Yeast
  • 20 mililiters Olive Oil
  • 400 mililiters Water Filtered if possible

Method
 

  1. In a stand mixer with dough hook attached Add flours and 300 ml of cool water. Mix until well combined Cover and rest 1 hour
  2. After one hours rest Add salt to basic dough and mix
  3. In a separate container mix 150 ml warm (NOT ABOVE 110 Degrees F / 43C ) and yeast. Cover and Rest 10 minutes
  4. Confirm that the yeast mixture has started to bubble and smells like bread or beer
  5. Add yeast mixture and olive oil to basic dough and mix on low to medium until smooth and stretchy (8-10 minutes) Cover and rest until at last doubled in size, treble if possible. (1 1/2 - 2 hours)
  6. Gently remote dough to a baking pan / dish. I use a large well seasoned cast iron skillet. Cover and let rise for an additional 45 minutes to an hour
  7. Place metal sheet pan in oven Preheat oven to 425F / 220C
  8. Uncover the dough, dust with flour / semolina Slash and place in oven Add 1 cup water to baking sheet in bottom of oven. (THIS WILL STEAM / SPLATTER. BE CAREFUL)
  9. Close oven and bake until golden brown, ~ 30-35 minutes Remove from oven, unpan and cool on a cooling rack

Nutrition

Calories: 1993kcalCarbohydrates: 366gProtein: 65gFat: 30gSaturated Fat: 4gSodium: 3911mgPotassium: 859mgFiber: 23gSugar: 2gCalcium: 106mgIron: 7mg

Notes

Note this is a very basic recipe, the variants and divergent are endless, there are more techniques than there are cooks on the planet.   This is a starter, develop your own recipe, your own technique...
In any case, enjoy ...

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