3 cups all-purpose flour, 1 cup stone-ground wheat. 1 tablespoon of salt, 1 tablespoon of olive oil.
Mix together well. (I used my awesome RED counter-top mixer I got for Christmas).
Yeast starter: 1 tablespoon turbinado sugar, 1 tablespoon of yeast, 1 cup warm water.
Mix together well. (I used a plastic fork left over from a picnic).
Let the yeast mixture sit for about 15 minutes, until nice and foamy. Then add to the flour mixture, plus maybe a half a cup more of water.
Knead well. I used my awesome RED counter-top mixer. Did I mention that red was my favorite color?
Anyway. I eyeball it from here, adding a touch of water, a touch of flour, until there's a nice soft, elastic dough that isn't sticky. This makes one big-ass loaf or two normal ones.
Shape into a ball or two balls and let rest/rise for an hour. Flatten out, shape into a ball(s) again. Let raise for another hour. Flatten out again and shape into a long phallus and slide it gently into the baguette pan, whispering "Oh, yeah baby. I know how you like it."
Let raise awhile in the pan, maybe another half hour. Bake at 450F (pre-heated and nice and hot) for 35 minutes. Cool on a rack.
Eat.
Published on June 11, 2011 16:43