Irish Stout Bread Recipe
Recipe Steps
- Mix the preferment in a bowl, cover and leave for 12 hours in the fridge covered.
- On the day you bake the bread. Add the flour, yeast, Guinness, Salt and preferment.
- Mix in a bread mixer on medium-high for 8 mins. Alternatively, you can knead by hand for 10minutes.
- Clingfilm and rest for 40-45mins to ferment.
- Shape into 80g balls and place on a lined tray.
- Cover with oil spray and clingfilm and prove for 10mins.
- Bake at 250oC for 10minutes with a tray of water underneath. Bake for a further 5mins at 210oC
Enjoy.
Junior Big Bake Competition
For over 180 years, Odlums has been at the heart of baking in Irish homes – it’s time to pass down the wooden spoon to the next generation.Â
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