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Lost Nigella Lawson Essential bread recipe - please help!

threepenny_bit
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I was just going to my make Nigella Essential bread recipe and see my book is missing - think daughter may have borrowed it lol! Does anyone have the Nigella domestic goddess book and could take a pic of the recipe for me please? It is the essential white bread one with potato water in, hers is free form but I just pop it in a loaf tin. There is a picture of the bread on a right hand side page and recipe is on next page - you would think I would remember the whole recipe but unfortunately my brain is having problems with thinking about it haha!
I think it is
I think it is
500g Strong white bread flour
7g dry yeast
1 tbsp. salt
approx 300ml warm tap or potato water
1 tbsp. unsalted butter
I want to get a few loaves made and frozen for the coming month while I still have yeast and flour! 1
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I've PM'd you1
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Have a look at Nigella.com - she seems to share most of her recipes there.1
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I use 500 flour to 300 liquid and it seems to work.
I may try using the potato water tomorrow, I'm intrigued.1 -
Your memory is spot on! The ingredients in the book are exactly as you've listed.Bake at 220C/Gas mark 7 for 35 mins (or until cooked through).1
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Thankyou so much everyone - really appreciate the help xx
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JIL said:I use 500 flour to 300 liquid and it seems to work.
I may try using the potato water tomorrow, I'm intrigued.
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threepenny_bit said:JIL said:I use 500 flour to 300 liquid and it seems to work.
I may try using the potato water tomorrow, I'm intrigued.
Eight out of ten owners who expressed a preference said their cats preferred other peoples gardens0 -
If anyone needs bread flour, aldis have 1.5 kilo bag for .55p! I don't think you'll find cheaper.2
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Farway said:threepenny_bit said:I use a spoonful of instant mash powder in the water as I dont always have boiled potatoes@Farway
"A scant tablespoonful" (according to the recipe intro in the book)Apparently pasta water also works:"When asked by one follower what the chemical explanation of this could be, Nigella replied: "I think of it like a tang Zhong or water roux starter on the hoof." That went whoosh, right over my head...!!1 -
Farway said:threepenny_bit said:JIL said:I use 500 flour to 300 liquid and it seems to work.
I may try using the potato water tomorrow, I'm intrigued.1
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