Desserts & Baking

Overnight bread

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4 - 6
Easy
10 minutes, plus overnight proving time and a further hour’s proving time
30 minutes

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Ingredients

Method
  • 720 g brown flour, plus extra for dusting
  • 1 t instant yeast
  • 1 t salt
  • 1½ cups warm water

1. Combine all the ingredients in a large bowl using a wooden spoon. Place in a greased bowl, cover and allow to prove overnight.

2. Remove the dough from the bowl and knock out all the air. Shape into a round and place on a tray lined with baking paper. Cover with cling lm, place in a warm spot and prove for 1 hour until doubled in size.

3. Preheat the oven to 180°C. While the dough is rising, place a 25 cm cast-iron saucepan in the oven.

4. Slip the baking paper with dough on into the hot saucepan and bake for 30 minutes, covered, until crispy.

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Photograph: Myburgh Du Plessis

Food assistants: Bianca Strydom & Keletso Motau

Abigail Donnelly

Recipe by: Abigail Donnelly

Nothing excites Woolworths TASTE's Food Director quite as much as the challenge of dreaming up recipes with innovative new foods – or the thrill of creating deliciousness on a plate with the humblest of ingredients. With Abi by your side, you’ll be a cooking expert in no time at all.

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