-- Jim Lahey and Rick Flaste: My Bread, The Revolutionary No-Work, No-Knead Method.
I think Lahey was the first to be videotaped with Bittman on this no knead stuff. I'm in B&N now and wondering if this is worthwhile. The books got back-cover endorsements from Bourdain, Bittman, Batali and Steingarten - is it possible he paid them ALL off to get their praise? Chime in and let me know if you've used this.
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I got it from the library. I don't think you need to buy it.
ReplyDeleteI think you're right. The basic formula I got was X g water, 1.25X g flour, salt and yeast, 18 h first rise, 2h 2nd rise and 30 min covered in the dutch oven, 15-20 uncovered, then mix up the grain bill. I sat there a while to see if there was anything different than I'd seen in the past.
ReplyDeleteCooks Illustrated did their usual overcomplicated modification of the method, but I didn't see much in the way of anything really different. I've tried the kneadless boule a few times like this, but probably not enough to get comfortable with it. Maybe I'll try again.
Good to know it's in the library though. I'll probably take a look. The library saves me about 1,000 a year I think.
Get it from the library. Make the basic recipe a few times. Make notes on the variations. That's all I did.
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