Doug's bread

C'est super n'est pas?

We made beer last week and kept some of the yeast from the bottom of the barrel. We made bread there and then with some of it and fed the rest with flour and water so keep it alive.

Doug made his first loaf of bread with it - it came out awesome!!

The yeast

Ingredients 

500g strong white flour

Warm water

Yeast (about 1/4-1/2 cup of starter depending how fast you want it to rise or 7g dried yeast

1 tsp salt

Instructions

Put flour and salt in a bowl

Add the yeast

Add sufficient water to make a sticky dough

Leave for about an hour

Knead until dough is smooth and springy sprinkling on flour as necessary to stop sticking

Shape the dough by tucking the sides underneath to create ball shape of if using a tin a shape similar to the tin

Place on backing tray or in tin and cover with oiled clingfilm

Cooking

When the dough has risen to twice it's original size back in a hot oven for about 30 mins or until well browned. Turn the oven down a bit if it seems to be browning too fast.

Leave to cool a bit before cutting and eating