Live Simple Live Free: Dutch Oven
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When I am in the National Forest, I love to do a little cooking with my cast iron Dutch Oven. There will be plenty of wood and Dutch Ovens are great for cooking casseroles and stews on an open wood fire. While many vagabonds throughout the ages have used the Dutch Oven to cook a variety of meals, I typically use mine to bake bread. I will admit that making bread takes a little practice. It is all about getting the right amount of water in the dough when you kneed it. It should just be a little sticky on your fingers.
baking bread
Note: put dish soap on the outside of a pot before you expose it to the soot of a fire. The soot will then easily wash off.
Place a smaller baking pan in your oven with the bread on it and put the lid on top. After the dough rises, you can put it on the fire to bake it. The key is to get a uniform fire that stays that way while your cook.
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Italian Bread
I personally love to cook Italian bread sticks. I take the dough and let it rise once. After this I roll it into 16 balls, let them rise again in the Dutch oven, then place them on the fire. Mix garlic powder and melted better to pour over them while they are hot. Sprinkle a little Parmesan cheese on top.
Italian bread stick dough:
1 1/2 cups water
4 cups bread flour
1/4 cup Parmesan cheese
1 1/2 teaspoons salt
1 teaspoon Italian seasoning (or pizza seasoning)
1 teaspoon garlic powder
2 1/2 teaspoons yeast
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Sourdough Bread
What would frugal vagabond living be without some sourdough bread? A sourdough starter is rather easy to start and maintain just as vagabonds on those old Conestoga wagons used to do. Here is my favorite sourdough recipe.
Ingredients for two loaves:
1/4 cup sour dough starter
1 cup Whole wheat flour
5 1/2 cups White bread flour
2 1/2 cups water
2 teaspoons Salt
Mix the starter, water, wheat flour and then the salt together. Start by adding one cup of bread flour at a time until it is too stiff to stir. Turn out on a flat surface and kneed it for about 20 minutes. Lest it rest for 30 minutes and then form it into 2 round loaves. They will need to rise until doubled about 12-15 hours. Place one into the Dutch oven and cook it. I can taste it now. Even frugal eating can still be good eating.
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