Jacques Pepins Artisian Bread In A Pan Recipe 385

Steps:

• •In oven safe med/large saucepan (non-stick preferred) combine water, flour, salt & yeast and thoroughly mix by hand with spoon. •Let sit covered with saucepan lid for 1.5 hours •After sitting, mix again, cover and put in refrigerator overnight (10-12 hours). •After removing from refrigerator, put straight into a 450 degree oven for 40 minutes. •Remove from oven and let cool in saucepan for several minutes before removing. •Enjoy!

Steps:

• Stir it up until it is thoroughly mixed, then let it sit, uncovered, at room temperature for about an hour and a half. When you check back, the dough should have puffed up a little bit. Knock it down by mixing it up again for a moment, you don't have to do too much. Then cover it and put it in the refrigerator overnight (10-12 hours). The next day, preheat your oven to 450 degrees. When it is at temperature, take the dough out of the fridge and take the cover off (it should have risen again overnight), and put it straight into the oven. Then walk away for about 40 minutes. After 40 minutes, take the pot out of the oven. You will see that you have a perfect crust poking out from the pot. Let it sit and cook for a few minutes before turning it out on a cutting board.

Steps:

• Dump everything (except the 2 tablespoons water) into a bowl and "stir it into a gooey stuff" as Jacques says. The dough will indeed be very wet, gooey, sticky. Stir in any optional ingredients.
• Heat a non-stick 10" skillet over medium to medium-high heat. Pour about a tablespoon of olive oil into the pan and then pour in the dough.
• Spread into one flat layer with a spoon or spatula. (A little oil on the spoon or spatula helps keep the dough from sticking to it.)
• Add a tablespoon or two of water around the outside of the dough where it meets the pan; the object is to create steam to help cook the bread. Cover the pan with a lid and cook 8-10 minutes. Peek at the bottom of the bread about half way through the first 8-10 minutes just to make sure the bottom isn't burning. You want good color, but not charcoal! Adjust the temperature accordingly.
• After 8-10 minute flip the bread and re-cover the pan so that it cooks on the other side, 5 minutes.
• It tastes best if eaten while warm.