Five No-Knead Loaves — Four ingredients, the patience of time
No-knead bread is the loaf for the inattentive cook. Flour, water, yeast, salt — and time. Five variations on the canonical Lahey-Bittman recipe.
I. Classic No-Knead
Flour, water, yeast, salt. The original Jim Lahey recipe — 12-18 hour rise, baked in a dutch oven.
II. Whole-Grain No-Knead
Wholewheat flour, water, yeast, salt. Slightly more water for hydration.
III. Olive-and-Rosemary No-Knead
Flour, water, yeast, salt, olives, rosemary. Add olives and rosemary at the second fold.
IV. Beer-Bread No-Knead
Flour, beer, sugar, salt. No yeast needed — the beer provides it. Beautiful with stout.
V. Cheese-and-Onion No-Knead
Flour, water, yeast, salt, cheese, onion. Add the cheese and caramelised onion at the shaping stage.
∞. Where to go next
If this collection found something useful, the place to keep going is the full A-Z catalogue or one of the cuisine pages. New essays appear weekly on the essays index.