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Almost No-Knead Bread
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Yield: Makes 1 large round loag
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Source: Cook's Illustrated All-Time Best Recipes magazine 2009
| An enameled cast-iron Dutch oven with a tight-fitting lid yields best results, but the recipe also works in a regular cast-iron Dutch oven or heavy stockpot. Use a mild-flavored lager, such as Budweiser (mild non-alcoholic lager also works). The bread is best eaten the day it is baked but can be wrapped in aluminum foil and stored in a cool, dry place for up to 2 days. | |
| 3 c. (15 oz.) | unbleached all-purpose flour, + extra for work surface |
| 1/4 tsp. | instant yeast |
| 1 1/2 tsp. | table salt |
| 3/4 c. + 2 Tb. (7 oz.) | water, at room temperature |
| 1/4 c. + 2 Tb. (3 oz.) | mild-flavored lager |
| 1 Tb. | white vinegar |
1. Whisk flour, yeast, and salt in large bowl. Add water, beer, and vinegar. Using rubber spatula, fold mixture, scraping up dry flour from bottom of bowl until shaggy ball forms. Cover bowl with plastic wrap and let sit at room temperature for 8-18 hours.
2. Lay 18x13" sheet of parchment paper inside 10" skillet and spray with nonstick spray. Transfer dough to lightly floured work surface and knead 10-15 times. Shape dough into ball by pulling edges into middle. Transfer dough, seam-side down, to parchment-lined skillet and spray surface of dough with nonstick cooking spray. Cover loosely with plastic wrap and let rise at room temperature until dough has doubled in size and does not readily spring back when poked with finger, about 2 hours.
3. About 30 minutes before baking, adjust oven rack to lowest position, place 6-8 qt. heavy-bottomed Dutch oven (with lid) on rack, and heat oven to 500 degrees. Lightly flour top of dough and, using sharp knife, make one 6" long, 1/2" deep slit along top of dough. Carefully remove pot from oven and remove lid. Pick up dough by lifting parchment overhang and lower into pot (let any excess parchment hang over pot edge). Cover pot and place in oven. Reduce oven temperature to 425 degrees and bake covered for 30 minutes. Remove lid and continue to bake until loaf is deep brown and instant-read thermometer inserted into center registers 210 degrees, 20-30 minutes longer. Carefully remove bread from pot, transfer to wire rack and cool to room temperature, about 2 hours.
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