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How to Bake Bread on a Boat (bonus ep)
12 August 2025 · 21 min · 55K views
What this video covers
Maya bakes a large no-knead rye-and-white-flour loaf aboard Magic Carpet, walking through every step from mixing to the finished crust. The recipe — adapted from the King Arthur no-knead bread formula — uses 900 grams of flour (roughly half white, half rye or spelt), one tablespoon of Active Dry Yeast, one tablespoon of salt, and 680 grams of water, measured by scale.▶ 4:23 No kneading is required; instead, Maya performs three to four sets of stretch-and-fold over two to five hours, building dough strength without a work surface.▶ 8:52 She notes rye rises less than spelt or white flour but still produces an open crumb.▶ 12:48 A banneton proofing basket (or a floured tea towel in a bowl) dries the crust before baking.▶ 15:36 The dough goes into a preheated cast iron pot at 450°F — 40 minutes covered, then 10 minutes uncovered.▶ 18:10 A regular saucepan with a lid works as a substitute.▶ 1:03 On Magic Carpet 1, which had no oven, she made bread in a frying pan on the stove.▶ 0:24 The stretch-and-fold sets happen during a passage, demonstrating the method works while underway.▶ 10:14 Scoring the top with a smooth (not serrated) knife before baking improves appearance.▶ 17:51 Resting the loaf after baking prevents a gummy crumb.▶ 19:39
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