1 HN user recommended this tutorial1 month2014–2024score 1
Years with an HN recommendation, 2007–2026
HN people point to it as a cheap, low-effort way to bake very good bread and as a beginner step into cooking.
Mark Bittman and baker Jim Lahey of Sullivan Street Bakery demonstrate the no-knead bread recipe, where a long, slow rise does the work instead of kneading. It is a short New York Times recipe video.
“it takes 5 minutes of effort and about 40 cents to make very good bread out of salt, flour, yeast and water.” (HN, 2023)
I can recommend this recipe: [link] (video: [this video] ). It is very little total work (15 minutes max) and makes great bread, but it does require some planning ahead because of the long rise time.
NYT no-knead bread recipe: little work, great bread, long rise.
Are you a beginner? Advanced? I'm a beginner/intermediate. I started with Japanese curry from a box: [link] Then moved on to no-knead bread: [this video] also baguettes: [link] When I want to learn something, I'll watch many videos, then pick one, eg on carving a turkey: [link] This series has lots of theory: [link] I had this rigatoni at a restaurant, so I wanted to make a version at home (much cheaper) [link] different recipe: [link] Someone made this at a chili cookoff. I asked them for the recipe, and it was Martha's: [link] I really liked the cookies at Specialty's; I found this: [link] I love these eggs. My gf and I had eggs at a restaurant the other day, we both agreed mine are better: [link] Me neighbor made these red velvet cupcakes: [link] Lately, I'm working on my Turkish coffee game using my gf's cezve.
No-knead bread as a beginner step in learning to cook.
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