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Rustic Bread recipe with Biga can be made with only 4 ingredients.This Crusty White Bread Recipe will help you make the best homemade artisan bread which has an amazing flavor and texture.

Rustic Bread Recipe with Biga :The Best Homemade Artisan Bread Recipe

Flour

Water

yeast

Salt

.8 g Yeast (1/4 tsp(insatnt or active dry yeast))

Into a bowl add in the water and 2 pinches of yeast.It is hard to weigh it and most easiest way of expressing this amount will be slightly less than 1/12 tspStir and dissolve it in water.Now add the flour and combine together to form a dough.Make sure there are no dry patches left behind.Cover the bowl with a cling film and let it sit and ferment overnight.We can use the biga or starter that’s been fermented anywhere between 10-16 hours(for the best results)

Prepare the Biga

In a small bowl ,add the water ,yeast ,salt and flour.Mix and combine to form a shaggy mass of dough.Now incorporate this dough with the preferment.Make sure its combined well enough that there are no lumps left and it’s a homogenous dough.If you want to use a stand mixer you can use it at this point, which will make the process much easier.Now cover the dough and let it sit and rise.

Prepare the Bread Dough

During this Proofing time we need to strengthen the dough.For that we will do 1 round of “stretch and fold” in 45 minutes and then another “layering of dough sheet” in another 45 minutesAfter 45 minutes of proofing, let’s do stretching and folding the dough to strengthen the gluten in the dough.Just pull and stretch the dough and then fold it onto itself.Repeat the same on all four sides.Leave it to rise for another 45 minutes.Then again flip the dough on to a wet surface and stretch the dough to form a rectangular sheet of dough.Fold the dough from bottom and top 1/3 rd and then again fold it as shown in video.By now our dough has got a good texture.Transfer this dough onto a well greased containerNow cover the dough and let it rise for another 30 minutes.

First Proofing (2 hours)

Our bread dough has risen slightly and it is ready for shaping.Transfer the dough on to a well floured work surface and then shape it into a boule ” (round )or batard” (oblong)Place the shaped dough on to a bannettone or onto a rectangular loaf pan or a round bowl, lined with a well dusted(best to use gluten free flour like rice flour so that it will not stick to the dough) kitchen towel.Let the shaped bread dough sit and rise for 50 minutes in a warm environment and 50-60 minutes in a cold environment.After the final proofing, flip the dough on to a parchment paper.Dust off any excess flour on top.Score the bread with a sharp knife or blade or with a lame.Place this into the preheated oven dish or dutch oven.(We can use any oven proof dish with a proper lid.)Close the oven dish with it’s preheated lid.

Shape the dough

Baking temperature and durationTransfer the dough on to a well preheated dutch oven(250C)( I recommend an oven thermometer to make sure your oven is hot enough) and close the pot with an oven safe lid.We can use a Dutch oven which is best to use for making this type of artisan rustic breads.Take care not to burn yourself during this step as the dutch oven or oven dish is very hot.Bake the bread inside the hot dutch oven(480F or 250 C) for 18 minutes with the lid on.After 18 minutes of baking,remove the lid and Reduce the oven temperature to 230CF.And then bake for another 8-12 minutes without the lid (450 F or 230C) ,until the top of the bread is nice and deep golden brown.The more you bake at this point,the more crispy the crust become.This extra baking will give that outer crust of the bread to get a more crisp and caramelized golden brown color and a nutty flavor.

The bread is best when eaten fresh,when they are cooled but still slightly warm.It is chewy,so flavorful and has the perfect airy, soft texture.Enjoy!

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This Rustic Bread Recipe will help you make the best homemade artisan bread which has an amazing flavor and texture.
Rustic Bread Complete Written Recipe :https://merryboosters.com/rustic-bread-recipe-with-biga/
How to make Rustic bread without dutch oven:https://youtu.be/gOuMjl-u6fo(Second Half of this video will show you how to make rustic bread without dutch oven)
In this crusty white bread recipe I tried to make the process simple and my intention is to help you make the best artisan bread with the least effort as possible.

We make use of adding a preferment in this artisan bread recipe which brings wonderful flavor to our bread.

The method does not need more work from our side but it needs more “time” to do their own work.So the main ingredient that we need for making this crusty white bread or this basic artisan bread is “Time“.

Making bread in Dutch oven will help you get rustic crust and soft crumb bread

If you are busy and you want to make rustic bread from straight dough in more easy way, we have excellent recipes that makes great bread too.
You can check this Rustic Artisan Bread VIDEO :https://youtu.be/gOuMjl-u6fo This video will show you how to make bread from straight dough.
In the step by step video,I have shown how to make no knead bread in a Dutch oven and how to make crusty bread even without a dutch oven.

One of the most favorite bread recipes in our channel is the Easy No knead Artisan Ciabatta Bread VIDEO :https://youtu.be/9dCcTK7oJLA which is also made from straight dough.

We also have No knead cranberry walnut bread recipe VIDEO :https://youtu.be/CcXvY8eyCMc which has a crunchy crust and delicious soft crumb inside; which also uses easy straight dough method.

Why you will love this Rustic Bread Recipe
1. The taste and texture of this artisan bread is so incredible:it has a unique flavor and, soft and chewy open crumb, that you will love.
2. It is super easy to make this Artisan Rustic Bread;you don’t need to do heavy kneading
3. You will need only four basic ingredients to make this amazing crusty white bread
4. The real hands on time for making this Homemade Artisan Bread is less than 15 minutes

What is Rustic Bread
The term Rustic Bread is a very relative term.
For me, a rustic bread is a bread that has a heavy crust, an open texture, and a delicious flavor.
It is made with fewest ingredients ;Flour ,water, salt and a leavening agent a starter, either a wild yeast starter, such as sourdough, or a “biga” or “poolish”
To get delicious flavor to a rustic bread or a crusty bread usually it requires a long fermentation.
For that we add a starter to our bread dough.

What is the difference between poolish and biga 
Biga and poolish are types of pre-ferments used in Italian and French baking respectively. 
Poolish, the wetter one, where flour and water are added in almost 1:1 ratio.
Biga is more of a thick preferment as it uses less amount of water, somewhere between 70-80 percent.

How to make this homemade artisan bread
We can make this easy artisan bread in five simple steps
1.prepare the biga(evening)
2.Prepare the bread dough(morning)
3.First proofing (2 hours)
4.Shape the bread
5.Final Rising(50-60 minutes)
Bake the bread at 480 F or 250 C for 18 minutes and then reduce the temperature to 230 c or 450 F and bake for another 10-12 minutes.

Hope you liked this easy rustic bread recipe with biga.
Hope you will make this at home and enjoy!
Happy Baking!
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