Bread
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Bread
- Prep time:
- 20 mins, plus 3 hrs rising time
- Cook time:
- 45 mins
- Serves:
- Makes 1 loaf
Jean-Christophe Novelli shows just how simple yet delicious home made bread can be in this easy to follow recipe
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Ingredients
Method
1. Lightly oil a sheet of cling film and butter the loaf tin.2. Sift the flour, salt, yeast and sugar into the bowl of a food mixer and mix at the lowest speed.
3. Add the water and continue to mix.
4. Increase the speed slightly and knead for a further 4 minutes.
5. Place the dough in a bowl and cover with the cling film (oiled side facing the dough) and leave for 2 hours, until the dough has doubled in size.
6. Preheat the oven to 230C/gas 9. Return the dough to the food mixer for 1 minute on moderate setting (or knead by hand for 1 minute). Cover with a clean, damp tea-towel and leave them to rise at room temperature for 40-60 minutes.
7. Shape the dough to fit into the prepared tin, sprinkle the top with flour and bake for 45 minutes, until the base of the bread sounds hollow when tapped. Cool on a wire rack and serve in slices.
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View all comments (5)Surely you need to put the dough into the bread tins BEFORE leaving it to rise the second time? In your instructions, you are telling us to take the risen dough, put it into tins & then straight into the oven!
First try at making bread and this is delicious. Rob only likes crusty and the top was perfect. Only needed 30 minutes in the top oven.
45 minutes at 230C it will be cremated!
...I only ever give my bread one knead one rise with easy bake yeast...it gives me perfect results every time....
Step 6. Preheat... I don't normally preheat my oven for 40-60 minutes, 5 minutes is usually enough. ;) If you use a clean, dry dishcloth instead of clingfilm your dough doesn't end up all wet and horrid.