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Coccodrillo

nobody nowhere <wcsjohn@btinternet.com>
Mon, 20 Mar 2006 11:23:32 +0000 (GMT)
v106.n012.5
The original recipe I posted was the following.

John's Quick Cocodrillo Substitute<g>

Direct method, lean rustic dough, commercial yeast. Days to make, 1.

Yield 4 small-medium loaves.

500 gm 12%+ protein white flour.
550 gm warm (30C) water
1 tbsp tsp instant yeast
10 gm salt

Mix til roughly combined, with the paddle, and rest for 10 min or so. 
Still with the paddle, beat seven bells out of the glop on 
medium-high (3 on a Kenwood) until the dough is slapping around the 
bowl and clearing the bottom completely. This will take about 25 - 30 
min and nothing much will happen for at least 15-20.

Tip the dough (glop) into an oiled bowl or similar, I use a 
cylindrical, transparent, polyethylene food container with a tight 
sealing lid which makes it very easy to see the progress of the rise, 
and leave, tightly covered, to triple. It MUST triple or this recipe 
will not work!.

Pour onto a well floured surface, shake more flour over, divide into 
4 rough squares and plump them up by sliding an angled bench knife 
under the dough. Shake flour generously over the loaves and their 
surroundings and leave until extremely puffy and wobbly, about 
45  minutes - just about right for heating the oven to flat out max. 
Take no prisoners.

Using a floured bench knife free each loaf from the counter and, 
gently, flip it over, pick it up, using floured hands and, gently, 
stretch it to about 10" long and onto a peel, Superpeel (thank 
you  Gary) or parchment. The dough very nearly stretches under its 
own weight. You must move quickly. It will look as if you've totally 
and permanently deflated the bread. Trust Uncle John, he may be a 
little wierd on occasions and is prone to "running off at the 
keyboard" but he's actually done this stretch 'n' bake loads of times 
and it always works.  Straight into the raging oven, down to 220C 
after 10 min, bake to internal temp at least 96C and you can go as 
high as 98C if the crust doesn't brown too quickly. You will not 
believe the oven spring. I baked the bread in 2 batches. The bread 
will pass the "thump the botttom" test long before the bread is 
cooked - You Have Been Warned!

Love

John