Farmhouse White Bread With Cardamom
Ingredients
32 fluid ounces boiling water
7 ounces instant non fat dried milk
4 Tbsp. unsalted butter melted
1 Tbsp. salt
8 ounces sugar
2 Tbsp. active dry yeast
1 pinches sugar
4 fluid ounces warm water
10 dried cardamom pods
48 ounces unbleached all purpose or bread flour
rich egg glaze
Cooking Instructions
1. In a very large bowl, combine the boiling water, dried milk, butter, salt and sugar with a whisk. Stir and let stand at room temperature until lukewarm, about 20 minutes. 2. In a small bowl, sprinkle. The yeast and pinch of sugar over the warm water. Stir to dissolve and let stand until foamy, about 10 minutes. Remove the seeds from the cardamom pods and crush with a rolling pin on a Piece of waxed paper. Set aside. 3. Add 16oz/500g of the flour, cardamom seeds, and yeast mixture to the milk and butter mixture. Beat hard with a whisk for 2 minutes, or until smooth and creamy. Switch to a wooden spoon and add the remaining flour 2oz/60g at a time to form a soft, shaggy dough that clears the sides of the bowl. 4. Turn out onto a lightly floured work surface and knead until the dough is smooth and resilient to the touch but not dry, 5 to 8 minutes, adding the flour 1tbsp at a time as necessary to prevent sticking. Place the dough in a greased deep container, turn once to coat the top, and cover with plastic wrap. Allow to rise at room temperature until doubled in bulk, about 1 1/2 hours. 5. Turn the dough out onto the work surface and divide into 4 equal portions. Shape into rectangular loaves and place in four greased 9in x 5in loaf pans. Cover loosely with plastic wrap and let rise again at room temperature until 1in above the rim of the pans, about 40 minutes. Twenty minutes before baking, preheat the oven to 180øc/350øf/gas mark 4. 6. With a serrated knife, score the tops decoratively and brush with egg glaze. Bake in the center of the preheated oven until browned and hollow sounding when tapped, about 40 to 45 minutes. Remove from the pans immediately to cool on racks.
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