How to make bread while you sleep (and why it works)

Fresh, homemade bread loaves are easier than you think, all you have to invest is time.

Cook like an Italian Source: SBS FOOD

There’s a common misconception that making bread takes a lot of work. That’s only true to an extent, as good bread, more than anything, takes time.

If the forearms of a baker are nowhere in your sights, then you can bypass the process of kneading with a no-knead bread technique, swapping the hard work out for time.

Cook like an Italian host, Silvia Colloca, says her trick for making simple no-knead bread is to create a shaggy, wet dough and let it sit overnight on the bench. She then shapes the dough, lets it rise again, and places inside a cast iron pot which then goes into a cold oven turned to high heat. After about 50 minutes, outcomes a golden crusty loaf.

Read the full article in English here.