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Help! Bread making

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Galen Thu 06-Jun-13 21:01:40

Somebody posted a link to a book on artisan bread.
I've now got the book but the measures are American and refer to all purpose flour!
Can any body translate?
And what does'beat fourty times' mean?
Can I use my dough hook on my kenwood or the dough maker on my bread maker for it?

Confused of Portishead confused

Galen Fri 07-Jun-13 19:01:58

I'm at home!i don't go til next Saturday.
For some bizarre reason I've booked the Queen Victoria to the Norwegian fjords Iceland and the faroeshmm
I normally chase the sun, but I'm on the QE to the Black Sea in October.sunshine

j08 Fri 07-Jun-13 19:05:39

Well, you've got time to make the flippin' bread then, haven't you?! hmm

j08 Fri 07-Jun-13 19:05:53

wink

Galen Fri 07-Jun-13 19:08:28

I'm working all next week. I just want to make sure I've got everything I need for when I return.

shysal Fri 07-Jun-13 19:45:53

Galen, sorry you are confused! I am the person who recommended the book. If you have the same one, the answers to your questions are all on the page for each master recipe.
Ingredients say all-purpose or bread flour, so I use Allinson's or locally milled varieties.
There is a box explaining how to adapt the recipe for Canadian flour.
I adjust the amount of liquid (usually more) to make a thick paste-like dough, which can be beaten with 40 strokes of a wooden spoon, takes a few seconds only. The point of no-knead is that you don't need a dough hook on a mixer. The mix will be wet, lumpy and sticky. After rising it will still be sticky, so needs to be shaped on a well floured board.
Where it mentions cornmeal on the tin or board used for resting, I use coarse semolina, which enables to loaf to be slid onto the baking tray or stone for the oven.
I will admit that I was a bit daunted when I first read the book, but it is really very easy. I shape a portion from my refrigerated master dough while my morning bath is running, then by the time I come back downstairs it is ready to be baked.
Good luck!

HMHNanna Fri 07-Jun-13 19:48:14

Galen you have completely spolt my imagary of you tonight. Getting ready for dinner at the Captains table, and then dancing the night away. Joking apart, our frinds have been on that cruise, and had a fabulous time. Enjoy!! Oh and why not order the bread on-line before you go, and get some Hagen Das ice-cream, they might have run out of strawberries when you get back. What with working and cruising there is no time for all that domesticity.

HMHNanna Fri 07-Jun-13 19:59:33

Sorry! Spelt friends wrong and I haven't had a glass of wine yet! That will teach me to preview my messages.

hummingbird Fri 07-Jun-13 20:14:11

Galen I'm soooo jealous - not of the bread-making, obviously smile

Deedaa Fri 07-Jun-13 20:35:20

A friend of ours has had some wonderful cruises round the fjords - enjoy smile