No-Knead Bread Has a Crunchy Crust, Soft Texture, and is Delicious

My first loaf was to copy her Rosemary No-Knead Bread recipe. This is a recipe that you can have all kinds of fun with by adding your own favorite herbs and spices to find the perfect loaf for your family. There is no sugar, fat, or milk, in the basic no-knead

Solar-Cooked Fennel-Mint No-Knead Bread
Well, I'm all about reducing my BTU usage and cooking at 450F for an hour was more than I can psychologically handle. I had to see what kind of artisan bread I could end up with using the solar oven. I researched this no-knead bread phenomena and started anew.
I started with the basic recipe, replaced the rosemary with my fennel-mint mixture, and put the dough in a glass measuring cup, covered it with cling wrap, and used my unheated conventional oven chamber for the rising. Following directions I found on another website, I removed it after 14 hours and the now bubbly and risen mixture was poured (this is a very soft dough) onto a well-floured piece of parchment paper that was cut just an inch or two larger than my pastry board.
And then I sprinkled more flour on the top so that,
using my fingertips, I could gently spread the dough into a large rectangle the size of the pastry board paper.
Then, I folded it into thirds from the left and right sides,
and, again, from the top and bottom, into thirds.
Sprinkling the top with a little more flour, the ball of dough was placed seam side down back into the rising bowl, covered, and returned to the oven chamber for a final rising. Twenty minutes before the end of the final three hours of rising, I opened the solar oven for preheating. When the dough had finished rising, I poured it into an unheated metal loaf pan and gently eased it into shape.
For that wonderful crunchy crust, I decided to put everything into an oven bag for the first part of the cooking. The solar oven had reached 300F and I could check the timing by using a timer and eyeballing when the dough had reached its cooked height. After 45 minutes, it was time to remove the oven bag cover. The SolarWear(TM) bottom made for easy placement and I want you to see the results.
It takes just a few seconds to either remove or replace your pans and the cutting off the top of the oven bag probably took about 15 seconds. As you can see, there was no loss of heat in the oven and the bread was finished in another 30 minutes.
What Would I Do Different?


I´m with You on the fennel part, but mint? :-) :-) But it is a great bread and it´s so easy to do.
ReplyDeleteI often experiment with different spices, but I can tell You that nutmeg is quite awful in a bread :-) :-)
Have a great day now!
Christer.
By the way, I´ve looked all around on the net and elsewhere and no one sells solar owens over here. I guess it´s because we live rather north and have very short summers when we can use them. To bad, I really wanted to try it.
ReplyDeleteChrister.
thanks for the shout out and i am so glad you enjoyed the recipe!
ReplyDeleteI don't know if I could wait 18 hours for anything. But I am a fan on no knead bread and don't know why I have never added herbs. Duh!
ReplyDeleteThat looks so good. I'm giving you my address so you can send me some :)
ReplyDeleteIt sounds (and looks)FANTASTIC!!
ReplyDeletethank you for this recipe - i'd like to make bread and this recipe doesn't scare me and looks delicious!
ReplyDeleteThat looks really yummy.....I love bread of any description!!!
ReplyDeleteChrister - It's just a touch of mint, doesn't overpower, at all...I agree on the nutmeg, though...don't know why but it just doesn't work for me, either...your short summers shouldn't affect solar cooking if you EVER have sun during the rest of the seasons...solar cooking can be done in the middle of winter, in 40F weather, if there's sun...it may take a little bit longer but check out my Jan.entry for a great winter meal...wait till my oven comes out and I'll ship you one, direct!
ReplyDeleteJaz - I'm so thrilled with this recipe! Done it at least three times, in just this short period...thanks, again...
Lee - While I was waiting for your address, I, um, er, ah, well -- ate it all...
Christina - Thank you...it is!
Alabaster Cow - You'll love it...it really is sooo easy...good luck...
Emma - Then, you will love this...it's the closest you can get to that artisan taste without a brick oven...thanks for stopping by...you're welcome, anytime!
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