Boule: No-Knead Crusty Bread - The World's Food
The World's Food
Yield: 8
Time: 24 hours, largely unattended
This easy crusty bread recipe will convince you to make bread more often at home. It's delicious and feels like you have your very own boulangerie.
Ingredients
3 cups bread flour1/4 teaspoon instant yeast
2 teaspoons salt
1 1/2 cups water
Preparation
Step 1
Combine flour, yeast and salt in a large bowl and mix together
Combine flour, yeast and salt in a large bowl and mix together
Step 2
Slowly add water until the dough reaches an elastic consistency with a sticky surface. Adjust the amount of water based on the consistency of the dough
Step 3
Cover bowl with plastic wrap and rest at room temperature 18 hours
Step 4
After fermentation, the surface of the dough will be dotted with holes
Step 5
Lightly flour a work surface and the dough and fold the dough over on itself once or twice
Step 6
Cover dough loosely with plastic wrap and let it rest 15 minutes
Step 7
Lightly flour dough and quickly and gently shape the dough into a ball
Step 8
Generously coat a cotton towel with flour and put dough on towel seam side down
Step 9
Dust dough with flour, cover with another cotton towel and let rise 2 hours
Step 10
40 minutes before dough has completely risen, heat oven to 450 degrees F and place a 4-½ quart Dutch oven inside while the oven is heating
Step 11
When dough is ready, place in the hot Dutch oven seam side up
Step 12
Put the hot lid over the Dutch oven, place into hot oven and bake 30 minutes
Step 13
Remove lid and bake another 15 minutes, or until loaf is completely browned
