Flour Water Salt Yeast: The Fundamentals of Artisan Bread and Pizza [A Cookbook]
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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • From Portland's most acclaimed and beloved baker comes this must-have baking guide, featuring recipes for world-class breads and pizzas and a variety of schedules suited for the home baker. There are few things more satisfying than biting into a freshly made, crispy-on-the-outside, soft-and-supple-on-the-inside slice of perfectly baked bread. For Portland-based baker Ken Forkish, well-made bread is more than just a pleasure—it is a passion that has led him to create some of the best and most critically lauded breads and pizzas in the country. In Flour Water Salt Yeast, Forkish translates his obsessively honed craft into scores of recipes for rustic boules and Neapolitan-style pizzas, all suited for the home baker. Forkish developed and tested all of the recipes in his home oven, and his impeccable formulas and clear instructions result in top-quality artisan breads and pizzas that stand up against those sold in the best bakeries anywhere. Whether you’re a total beginner or a serious baker, Flour Water Salt Yeas t has a recipe that suits your skill level and time constraints: Start with a straight dough and have fresh bread ready by supper time, or explore pre-ferments with a bread that uses biga or poolish. If you’re ready to take your baking to the next level, follow Forkish’s step-by-step guide to making a levain starter with only flour and water, and be amazed by the delicious complexity of your naturally leavened bread. Pizza lovers can experiment with a variety of doughs and sauces to create the perfect pie using either a pizza stone or a cast-iron skillet. Flour Water Salt Yeast is more than just a collection of recipes for amazing bread and pizza—it offers a complete baking education, with a thorough yet accessible explanation of the tools and techniques that set artisan bread apart. Featuring a tutorial on baker’s percentages, advice for manipulating ingredients ratios to create custom doughs, tips for adapting bread baking schedules to fit your day-to-day life, and an entire chapter that demystifies the levain-making process, Flour Water Salt Yeast is an indispensable resource for bakers who want to make their daily bread exceptional bread.
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16 points • wordsandstuff44
Depends on the bread. The bare minimum ingredients are FWSY. Check out this book if you’re interested. This is what I learned to bake bread from before branching out into enriched doughs (which include eggs, milk, butter, etc.) https://www.amazon.com/Flour-Water-Salt-Yeast-Fundamentals/dp/160774273X
6 points • Munin40
Reading theory: https://www.amazon.com/Flour-Water-Salt-Yeast-Fundamentals/dp/160774273X
2 points • Athirux
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Generell wird dort sehr oft dieses Buch hier empfohlen: Flour Water Salt Yeast
1 points • condescending-panda
It’s very simple. I follow this book
https://www.amazon.com/Flour-Water-Salt-Yeast-Fundamentals/dp/160774273X/ref=nodl_
And before I got the book I had no idea how to bake at all.
1 points • HerNocturne
For bread I'd recommend Flour Water Salt Yeast. It has a lot of good information about tools and techniques for artisan bread baking. I attribute this book with teaching me how to make incredible bread without a recipe.
1 points • daviator88
AP makes excellent bread. The base flour in most of the recipes in Flour, Water, Salt, Yeast is AP.
1 points • ShY5TR
This book is a great place to start: Ken Forkish
He has a few videos on YouTube as well.
1 points • MAGAtonnage
Good call, you should make this author aware: https://www.amazon.com/Flour-Water-Salt-Yeast-Fundamentals/dp/160774273X/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?
1 points • learn_to_fly
Here it is on Amazon !
1 points • glahtiguy
The book that led me to the largest improvement in my bread making is [Flour Water Salt Yeast] (https://www.amazon.com/dp/160774273X/). Lots of pictures to describe what you are doing, and explanations why you are doing it as well.
1 points • MurderSuicideNChill
I got you fam:
Flour Water Salt Yeast: The Fundamentals of Artisan Bread and Pizza [A Cookbook] https://www.amazon.com/dp/160774273X/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_i_u9NnFbZMMSEK5
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1 points • BoredOfTheInternet
I made my starter for this sub a couple years ago and now make at least one loaf a week. I have made a lot of KAF's recipes over the last few years. Right now I am geeking out over Flour Water Salt Yeast and trying to perfect my loaf.
Usually, I just fry up the discard and eat it. I'll heat up a pan with some oil (usually sesame), put the starter in, put some seeds and herbs on top, cover, and flip. It is such an interesting dish; crisp on the outside and nice and fluffy on the inside.
1 points • nickiter
The best info I've gotten about it is from the FWSY book - during the proofing the entire loaf's structure will be formed in whatever shape you proof in, and it makes a real difference to the final shape.
I've focused a lot more on the proofing step (poking every 10 minutes when it gets close) and found that precise proofing, as Forkish says in the book, basically dictates how good a spring and shape you end up with in the finished loaf.
1 points • VisualDatasphere
This is near foolproof. Good luck!
Flour Water Salt Yeast: The Fundamentals of Artisan Bread and Pizza [A Cookbook] https://www.amazon.com/dp/160774273X/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_XoQhFbVP70EPZ
1 points • lovetoloveyababy
Flour Water Salt Yeast: The Fundamentals of Artisan Bread and Pizza [A Cookbook] https://www.amazon.com/dp/160774273X/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_i_DPdpEbAHX08CW
1 points • Meteorsaresexy
I would highly recommend this book. It’s super informative and has awesome recipes.
Also, come join us on r/breadit!
1 points • PhxDibs
Flour Water Salt Yeast is a fantastic place to start. There is some hardware to purchase to get started with this book's method, but you may own some of it already. A really great place to start and make great bread.
1 points • Jeelana
Keep trying! I made my first loaf of sourdough in January of this year. I think it was around loaf #25 that my first beautiful loaf of bread emerged! I love this cookbook and follow the step by step instructions. I bought it on Amazon but I recently saw it on eBay for $5! Good luck! https://www.amazon.com/Flour-Water-Salt-Yeast-Fundamentals/dp/160774273X
1 points • Hayes1199
This book has my favorite pizza dough recipes, along with some great bread recipes.
https://www.amazon.com/Flour-Water-Salt-Yeast-Fundamentals/dp/160774273X/ref=nodl_
1 points • Weemz
Honestly, learn to make your own.
It's a bit confusing, intimidating, and time-consuming at first. But when you get the basics down, especially for a simple white/whole wheat bread, it's super easy. And really fulfilling, too—makes great gifts/thank yous/impresses guests or boyfriend/girlfriend. Plus, it's a fantastic skill in the event of a zombie apocalypse.
1 points • WickThePriest
No time like the present to learn the wonderful and fulfilling practice of making homemade bread by hand (I recently ascended from the masses of peasants doing it by hand when I got a kitchenaid stand mixer from my gf for xmas, but I knead dough for 10 years before this.).
Super easy, super fun. Here is an excellent no-knead version. And you don't HAVE to have a dutch oven, or even a bread pan. Any oven safe vessel will hold your dough. Just start baking!
1 points • starsreminisce
Flour Water Salt Yeast by Ken Forkish is hands down the best book you need to learn how to bake bread. There is a reason why most of r/breadit has this on their wishlist and post pictures when they receive it
Ken breaks down the steps to making artisanal bread in simple steps. Eventually you’ll get a pattern going and find that it’s not as hard even though it looks complex.
I am going through Tartine right now, which is the other book to bread baking. It’s not as easy to follow as FWSY is but equally good.
It’s more than just bread making through. There are also recipes for pizza and focaccia and Tartine has a little more than just bread
1 points • jwhicks727
It’s from this cookbook. It’s reprinted with permission online here. the online version is a half recipe or rather a single recipe, since all the recipes in FSWY are for two loaves.
1 points • texnessa
Highly recommend- King Arthur Flour for tested+ reliable recipes. Even has a 'I fucked this up what do I do?' hotline.
Flour Water Salt Yeast by Ken Forkish is the one book I sent to my engineer brother that got him hooked on bread.
And an old fashioned sourdough starter is always fun to make because you get to feed the beast and watch it grow. Excellent quarantine entertainment.
1 points • iivuongii
Flour Water Salt Yeast by Ken Forkish
https://www.amazon.com/dp/160774273X/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_8B74EbYFSQT3A
TARTINE Bread by Chad Robertson
https://www.amazon.com/dp/0811870413/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_GB74Eb4124P3D
1 points • DarthVaderLovesU
That’s a helluva first cookbook! Kenji has influenced my cooking more than anyone else over the last 5+ years. So many good recipes. The weeknight meat/red sauce (basically his quick bolognese) is a favorite.
Heres a few others that I’ve gotten great use out of:
A Couple Cooks - Pretty Simple... https://www.amazon.com/dp/073821969X?ref=ppx_pop_mob_ap_share
Love Real Food: More Than 100 Feel-Good Vegetarian Favorites to Delight the Senses and Nourish the Body: A Cookbook https://www.amazon.com/dp/1623367417/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_IJ7kEbXGMRPC6
Flour Water Salt Yeast: The Fundamentals of Artisan Bread and Pizza [A Cookbook] https://www.amazon.com/dp/160774273X/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_6J7kEbAYSR4FX
3 points • moose_nd_squirrel
- The Flavor Bible
- Flour Water Salt Yeast: The Fundamentals of Artisan Bread and Pizza
- JWU Recipe Collection (Over 1,000 free recipes)
- CIA Recipe Collection (Some are free)
- Mastering the Art of French Cooking
- The Flavor Thesaurus
If you can get your hands on them look for culinary textbooks/resources from Johnson and Wales or the Culinary Institute of America
2 points • Rabbit_Medic
Hi there,
I am a 29 year old male veteran. I'm also currently attending university l to become a Registered Dietitian.
These are cookbooks that I personally own, use, and recommend:
- Flour Water Salt Yeast,
- Making Artisan Pasta
- The Complete America's Test Kitchen TV Show Cookbook 2001-2021
- Binging with Babish (this one is probable more fun for a teen)
- edit: American sfoglino (this one may seem a little intimidating, but its super cool and teaches a lifelong craft)
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I have many more cooking, and nutrition related books if you are interested in titles, However, I fear a teenage boy would not interested in books like 'Motivational Interviewing in Nutrition and Fitness', lol!
1 points • albino-rhino
I'd put in a recommendation for: https://www.amazon.com/Flour-Water-Salt-Yeast-Fundamentals/dp/160774273X
Or the Bread Baker's Apprentice.
There are also an enormous number of online resources.
Check out also /r/askbaking and our AMA with them, here: https://www.reddit.com/r/AskCulinary/comments/fvy09f/baking_megathread_ama_thanks_to_raskbaking/
But most of all, practice, practice, practice!