Sounds like a great idea... Would you mind sharing the quantities required, is it a basic dough mix? (yes I am too cheap to buy the book)Uller wrote:I used to have a breadmaker years ago, but didn't particularly like the bread or the hole in the bottom. So I gave it away and started buying bread again.
Now I've bought a book called 'Artisan Bread in 5 minutes a day'. You mix water, yeast, salt and plain flour in a big bowl, with a wooden spoon. Leave the dough to rise for about 2 hours - then stick it in the fridge. When you want a loaf, pull off a chunk of dough, shape into a ball, rise for 20 minutes, stick it in the oven. The dough lasts for about a week in the fridge and you never need to knead it. As there are only 2 of us, I regularly make a small loaf to have hot, fresh bread with our lunch or dinner. The bread it makes is like the sort of 'rustic' ciabatta-type bread that you might get at an Italian deli - crusty, slightly chewy crust and a holey sort of dough. The longer you leave the dough in the fridge, the more sourdough-like it becomes. I absolutely love it and haven't bought bread since I started doing this. I also make a tin loaf occasionally, slice it and freeze it for toast etc. Unfrozen, it doesn't last well, but as it so quick to make, I just make sure I am only making as much as we want to eat for dinner and maybe toast the next morning.
