About 30 minutes to an hour before you want to bake the bread place the dutch oven with the lid on on the center rack of your oven and turn your oven on to 450 degrees f.
Rustic country bread recipe dutch oven.
Carefully remove the pot from the oven and place it on a trivet or heat safe surface.
Preheat the oven to 450 f 230 c with the pot inside for 45 minutes 1 hour.
If we are having soup or chili a loaf of crusty fresh bread makes the most amazing addition all warm and perfect with melty butter it just completes the meal.
Easy and quick italian rustic crusty bread at home no knead no machine no dutch oven with only 2 hour rise time.
Cover and return to oven for 30 minutes.
Cool on a wire rack for at least 5 minutes.
Meanwhile pour the risen dough onto a heavily floured surface mixture will be sticky and lightly shape into a round loaf.
Remove hot pot from the oven and carefully set in the dough.
Once it reaches 450 keep preheating the dutch oven for about 20 minutes.
When you open the dutch oven there s the perfect loaf of bread.
The next time you want warm crusty bread give this recipe a try.
The aroma of the fresh bread baking in the dutch oven will make the house smell wonderful.
The side by side comparison shows that bread baking in a dutch oven and preheating it first is the key to making an artisan looking loaf.
I made us the perfect bread for soups stews bruschetta and to use for sandwiches panini all week long.
Remove the dutch oven from the oven.
Lift the edges of the parchment paper with the dough on it and carefully transfer it into the heated dutch oven.
Remove the lid and continue to bake for an additional 15 to 30 minutes until it forms a crunchy golden crust.
The outside is crisp while the inside stays firm and moist.
Rustic dutch oven bread recipe.
Cover with a lid and bake for 30 minutes.
To get the true crust effect start the dough the night before.
Be very careful when handling the hot dutch oven as it s very heavy and gets searing hot.
There is nothing like a loaf of fresh bread right out of the oven.
Meanwhile place a 6 quart dutch oven or heavy cooking pot with oven safe lid inside the oven.
Preheat oven to 450.