Bread with Patience
In the summer, I am accustomed to having really good, simple bread from the bakery around the corner. We’ve spent summer in Paris since 1998, but my husband Tom and I will not be going to Paris this year because of the pandemic. We are self-isolating at home due to his underlying medical condition. So now I bake bread – a fresh loaf every other day. I use Jim Lahey’s No Knead Bread recipe , which gives us a simple bread with a taste, a crunchy crust, and a chew like the breads made in the best bakeries in Paris. Even though the very first loaf I made weeks ago was really fine, I experiment with different flours in different proportions, trying to achieve even more bread perfection. Try 2 cups of bread flour and one cup of spelt flour if you like a light, country-style bread. To make a loaf of Lahey’s No Knead bread, you need approximately 3 cups, 385 grams, or almost 1 pound of flour. I say “approximately” because, as I have l...