Last night I dumped 3 teacups of flour into a big glass bowl added 1 tsp of salt, 1 rounded teaspoon of dried yeast and about 2 teacups of warm water ..perhaps a little more and stirred it all together until it was a rather soft almost sloppy dough.
I put the lid on and left the mix on the kitchen table until the next morning (so it proved for about 18 to 2 hours.) This morning I set the oven to 450 f and put in the cast iron lidded pan to preheat for 1/2 an hour. Then I took the hot pan out of the oven rather carefully and added the soft ball of dough (that I'd very roughly shaped into a sloppy ball on a well floured board.)
Popped it into the oven with the lid on and there it stayed for 30 minutes.Then the timer buzzed and I removed the lid and let it cook for 10 more minutes. Then it was lifted out onto a rack to cool and there was my first Rustic style loaf, crusty and tasty...yippee!
I put the lid on and left the mix on the kitchen table until the next morning (so it proved for about 18 to 2 hours.) This morning I set the oven to 450 f and put in the cast iron lidded pan to preheat for 1/2 an hour. Then I took the hot pan out of the oven rather carefully and added the soft ball of dough (that I'd very roughly shaped into a sloppy ball on a well floured board.)
Popped it into the oven with the lid on and there it stayed for 30 minutes.Then the timer buzzed and I removed the lid and let it cook for 10 more minutes. Then it was lifted out onto a rack to cool and there was my first Rustic style loaf, crusty and tasty...yippee!
