This is the kind of bread you want on your next family dinner (Thanksgiving! Christmas! Any meal!). With large loaves like this, it never ceases to amaze me how simply scaling up the size of a loaf transforms it so profoundly, but that\u2019s precisely what happens, especially with this beer bread. For this hefty \u201chop miche,\u201d I take it up a couple of notches past just increasing its weight by adding a dark stout beer to the mix for added flavor\u2014but not by adding the thick, syrupy liquid directly. No, we\u2019re doing something different than I\u2019ve done in the past.<\/p>\n
Instead of adding the malty beer alongside the water in the recipe, I use it in a tangzhong with whole rye flour. Essentially, I\u2019m pre-cooking the flour with the beer, which amplifies the beer and grain flavor and aroma. It also brings softness to the crumb with a long-keeping quality (as tangzhong does<\/a>). The crumb almost becomes iridescent and glossy, with dark overtones and a caramelized crust that\u2019s a deep and brooding mahogany color.<\/p>\n To match its gorgeous outer appearance, this beer bread has an intense and rich flavor, thanks to the long fermentation time and the beer and whole grain flours. It\u2019s malty, a little hoppy, and surprisingly, a little chocolatey. Now, this is what I call a miche.<\/p>\n Now, this is what I call a miche.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/figure>\n I\u2019m no stranger to baking bread with beer. In the past, I\u2019ve made a stout sourdough<\/a> and even worked in spent beer grains<\/a> into a loaf (talk about fiber!). There\u2019s a reason why they call beer \u201cliquid bread.\u201d In the end, they\u2019re essentially the same product.<\/p>\n Let\u2019s look at the flour blend I used for this miche.<\/p>\n\n
Real Quick: Why This Hop Miche Good For A Large Gathering<\/h2>\n
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<\/a>Video: Watch Me Make This Miche<\/h2>\n