Ray Mears - Baking Bread & Wild Garlic | 4K upscale

flour

🥗Healthier: whole wheat flour

💰Cheaper: all-purpose flour

Whole wheat flour adds fiber and nutrients.

butter

🥗Healthier: coconut oil

💰Cheaper: margarine

Coconut oil provides healthy fats.

sugar

🥗Healthier: honey

💰Cheaper: brown sugar

Honey adds natural sweetness.

milk

🥗Healthier: almond milk

💰Cheaper: water

Almond milk is lower in calories.

Prepare a fire with a good base of embers using dry wood.

Build up the fire to create a good bed of embers for baking.

Place a cast iron pot (camp oven) near the fire to warm it up.

Add 400 ml of hot water to a mug and cool it to just above body temperature.

Stir in 1 sachet of yeast and 2 dessert spoons of sugar into the warm water and set aside to activate.

Warm up all utensils to ensure they don't interfere with the yeast rising.

Add all the flour to a bowl, reserving some for later adjustments.

Mix in 2 dessert spoons of milk powder and 1 dessert spoon of salt.

Combine the yeast mixture with the flour mixture and stir until a dough forms.

Knead the dough until it has a smooth texture, resembling a baby's bottom.

Place the dough in the warm camp oven to rise until doubled in size, about 1 hour.

Check the dough after 1 hour; it should be sticky to the lid and have risen well.

Build up the fire to bake the bread, placing the camp oven over the embers.

After about 30 minutes, check the bread; it should be rising well.

Add embers on top of the pot for even heat.

After about 45 minutes, check the bread; it should smell good and be rising well.

After 1 hour, test the bread by inserting a stick; if it comes out dry, the bread is done.

Remove the ashes from the lid and let the bread cool with a cloth over it.

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