Artisan Bread in Five Minutes? Really?
I've seen the book "Artisan Bread In Five Minutes A Day" mentioned in a few places recently and I finally paged through a copy yesterday. I'm intrigued by the concept but the "no knead" element is just so strange to me. Has anyone tried this out yet? If so, how does the bread taste, and was it still fun to make?
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8 Comments:
I've made it 40 to 50 times and it tastes great. Is it fun to make? If you consider almost zero effort fun then I guess it's fun.
chazmo at 4:28PM on 01/16/09
Go to "breadtopia.com", you can get loads of info and a video demo on no Knead bread. It's a very good site to visit if your a bread baker.
dmcavanagh at 6:01PM on 01/16/09
It's okay - the basic bread from that book is a little too salty and yeasty for my tastes, but it improves as the dough ages. It really is as easy as the book makes it out to be, though, and the texture is quite nice.
jenilowrance at 7:56PM on 01/16/09
I've tried a few variations of it, and it's an interesting concept, but I'm not head-over-heels in love with it. It's worth a try if you've never done it before. If you bake a lot of bread, you'll find yourself saying, "It's kind of like this, but not quite, but it's not that, either..." You'll see.
dbcurrie at 10:26PM on 01/16/09
not for me, thanks. the bread tastes flat, even if the dough has aged for a couple of weeks.
cybercita at 10:43PM on 01/16/09
Buy a mixer and knead it in 7 minutes. I mean really. Come now.
Prairie at 11:07PM on 01/16/09
Thanks all. I think dbcurrie hit on what I was looking for - I love to bake, and enjoy the process of bread making, so I think I would feel like something was missing in "no knead" process. But it may be worth a try just to see what it's like!
Abby D at 2:05PM on 01/17/09
It's a different bread. I love baking my own bread and hand kneading- I know by feel exactly when my dough is ready to rise, and there is nothing better than a freshly baked loaf of bread.
The artisan bread is just completely different. In my mind, it shouldn't work, because it hasn't been loved enough. Yet it does work, if you like that kind of bread. The crust does get shatteringly crispy-crunchy, while the insides stay moist and tender. The flavor the first day for me was too salty and too yeasty, but by the second day it was much better. It's good for what it is. My kids don't like it at all, and much prefer my regular soft breads. It certainly won't be replacing regular bread, and may only make an occasional appearance, but for the lack of work required, it really is a decent loaf of bread- albeit a really small one!
ErikaWaz at 4:30PM on 01/17/09