<!DOCTYPE html> <html lang="en-gb"> <head> <link rel="shortcut icon" type="image/jpg" href='/images/favicon.png'/> <meta charset="utf-8" /> <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0"> <meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=edge"> <meta name="description" content="My site of stuff" /> <meta property="og:title" content="Paul Wilde :: Paul Wilde" /> <meta property="og:image" content='/images/favicon.png' /> <meta property="og:description" content="My site of stuff" /> <link rel="stylesheet" href="/css/gemini.css"/> <link rel="stylesheet" href="/css/psw.css"/> <title>Basic Dough Recipe :: My site of stuff :: Paul Wilde</title> </head> <body class="page"> <a id="top"></a> <header> <h1>Paul Wilde :: My site of stuff <a href="#navigation" title="Navigation">🗺</a> <a href="#contact" title="Contact">🗪</a></h1> </header> <main class="main basicdoughrecipe"> <h2>Basic Dough Recipe</h2> <sub> - A really easy dough that you can use for bread, pizzas, naan bread, etc.</sub> <h3>Ingredients</h3> <ul> <li>300ml warm-ish water</li> <li>7g salt</li> <li>28g sugar</li> <li>30ml olive oil</li> <li>500g flour</li> <li>7g dried yeast OR a decent amount of sourdough starter and 2g dried yeast</li> <li>a selection of herbs (optional)</li> </ul> <h3>You'll need…</h3> <ul> <li>a bread making machine will make this a lot easier…</li> <li>…if you don't have a bread maker …</li> <li>large mixing bowl</li> <li>large wooden chopping board</li> <li>an apron - this can get messy</li> </ul> <h3>Recipe</h3> <p>It'll take about 1 hour 30 minutes + more time to let the dough rise </p> <p>If you have a bread maker:</p> <ol> <li>add the water, salt, sugar, herbs, oil, flour and yeast/sourdough starter <strong>IN THAT ORDER</strong> to the bread maker’s container. <ul> <li>You <em>must</em> add them in that order, or at least water first else the mixture will not mix correctly.</li> </ul> </li> <li>set the bread maker to its “dough” setting and set it going - job done!<br /> (P.S. you can just use this same recipe as a regular bread too - just set the bread maker to the regular “bread” mode)</li> <li>At this point I normally transfer the dough to a suitable container and cover it to let it rise.</li> </ol> <p>Without a bread maker:</p> <ol> <li>add the flour, salt, sugar, herbs and yeast/sourdough starter to the large mixing bowl and dry mix them all together.</li> <li>form a well in the middle of the flour mixture and slowly pour in the water bit by bit, mixing the flour mixture into the water as you go </li> <li>continue to mix the flour and water mixture, you’re going to need to use your hands, but give it a good mix until everything is mixed together well. <ul> <li>you want the dough to still be a bit wet, so if it’s dry, add a bit more water</li> </ul> </li> <li>dust the large chopping board with flour and turn out the wet-ish dough ball onto the board. </li> <li>Knead the dough, <em>a lot!</em> Just keep kneading, adding more flour if necessary. <ul> <li>As you knead you’ll noticed the dough ball become more smooth and springy, but it will also feel “stronger”</li> </ul> </li> <li>Once the ball is nice and firm, but still springy, place it into a suitable container and cover to let it rise.</li> </ol> <p>After a few hours of rising time (longer if you’re using sourdough starter) your dough will, hopefully, have risen enormously. You can now use it. I’ll be adding recipes for <a href="/recipes/">pizzas</a>, <a href="/recipes/">naans</a> and other things that use this dough here, eventually.</p> <section> <hr /> <sub> <sub>Published : Thu, 01 April 2021 at 11:41am +0100<br/> </sub> </section> </main> <footer> <a href="#top">Top</a> <h2>Navigation</h2> <a id="navigation"></a> <ul> <li> <a href="https://paulwilde.uk/">Home</a> </li> <li> <a href="https://paulwilde.uk/thanks/">Thanks</a> </li> <li> <a href="https://paulwilde.uk/aboutme/">About Me</a> </li> <li> <a href="https://paulwilde.uk/dev/">Development</a> </li> <li> <a href="https://paulwilde.uk/tech/">Tech Stuff</a> </li> <li> <a href="https://paulwilde.uk/websites/">Websites</a> </li> <li> <a href="https://paulwilde.uk/recipes/">Recipes</a> </li> <li> <a href="https://paulwilde.uk/poems/">Poems</a> </li> <li> <a href="https://wilde-it.co.uk" target="_blank">My Business</a> </li> </ul> <h2>Contact</h2> <a id="contact"></a> <ul> <li> <a href="https://codeberg.org/pswilde" title="My main Git Repository">My Codeberg Repo</a> </li> <li> <a rel="me" href="https://notnull.click/users/paul" title="Find me on the Fediverse">Fediverse</a> </li> <li> <a href="https://matrix.to/#/@psw:matrix.wilde.cloud" title="Send me a message on Matrix">Matrix</a> </li> </ul> </footer> <script async defer data-domain="paulwilde.uk" src="https://plausible.wilde.cloud/js/plausible.js"></script> </body> </html>