No-Knead Black Bread | Nigella's Recipes | Nigella Lawson

Name: No-Knead Black Bread | Nigella's Recipes | Nigella Lawson
Ingredients: 1 x 500 millilitres bottle of Guinness (or other dry dark stout, opened in advance if possible); 1 large egg (at room temperature); 2 x 15ml tablespoons dark muscovado sugar; 2 x 15ml tablespoons extra virgin olive oil; 2 x 15ml tablespoons black treacle; 300 grams dark rye flour; 300 grams strong white bread flour; 4 x 15ml tablespoons cocoa; 1 teaspoon activated charcoal (optional; see recipe intro); 4 teaspoons nigella seeds (plus ½ tsp for the top of the loaf later); 4 teaspoons caraway seeds; 4 teaspoons fennel seeds; ¼ teaspoon (1g, but it's hard to get it to register on the scales) fast-action dried yeast; 1¼ teaspoons fine sea salt; oil (for greasing the loaf tin)

www.nigella.com

I love proper Eastern European black bread, but I must confess that this loaf, although it tastes the part, is hardly traditional, let alone authentic.

View Original

Share this recipe:

Ingredients

1 x 500 millilitres bottle of Guinness (or other dry dark stout, opened in advance if possible)
1 large egg (at room temperature)
2 x 15ml tablespoons dark muscovado sugar
2 x 15ml tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
2 x 15ml tablespoons black treacle
300 grams dark rye flour
300 grams strong white bread flour
4 x 15ml tablespoons cocoa
1 teaspoon activated charcoal (optional; see recipe intro)
4 teaspoons nigella seeds (plus ½ tsp for the top of the loaf later)
4 teaspoons caraway seeds
4 teaspoons fennel seeds
¼ teaspoon (1g, but it's hard to get it to register on the scales) fast-action dried yeast
1¼ teaspoons fine sea salt
oil (for greasing the loaf tin)