Lazy Mans Bread Recipes

LAZY MAN'S PIEROGI

Steps:

• Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil. Add pasta and cook for 8 to 10 minutes or until al dente; drain. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• Place bacon in a large, deep skillet. Cook over medium high heat until evenly brown. Stir in onions, and cook until translucent. In a separate pan, saute the mushrooms in butter.
• In a large bowl, combine pasta, bacon, onion, mushrooms, sauerkraut and condensed soup. Season with salt and pepper. Pour into a 9x13 inch baking dish.
• Bake in preheated oven for 45 minutes.

LAZY MAN'S SUSHI SALAD

Steps:

• Bring water and rice to a boil in a saucepan, about 5 minutes. Reduce heat to medium-low, cover, and simmer until rice is tender and water has been absorbed, 20 to 25 minutes.
• Combine rice vinegar, sugar, and salt to a slight boil in a saucepan, about 5 minutes. Stir until dissolved and let cool 2 minutes. Pour mixture over cooked rice. Transfer to a serving bowl.
• Combine carrot, cucumber, crab sticks, ginger, water, wasabi, and oil in a bowl.
• Combine wet crab mixture with cooked rice in the serving bowl. Add avocado and nori just before serving. Sprinkle sesame seeds on top.

LAZY MAN'S BREAD (NO-KNEAD BREAD)

Steps:

• Melt the butter and warm up the milk. Microwaving each for 30 seconds is enough.
• In a medium bowl, mix butter, milk and eggs.
• In a large bowl, combine the dry ingredients. Mix the wet mixture until dough is form and no dry spots remain. It's a very wet dough, so use a spoon or spatula. Don't try to mix it using your hands.
• Let it rest for 1 hour, covered with a damp kitchen towel.
• Place into baking pan. You can use a large loaf pan, or two medium. Grease the loaf pan first with butter or cooking spray.
• Let it rest for 30 minutes on the loaf pan while you preheat your oven to 375°F.
• Bake bread for 40 to 45 minutes, or until the top is nicely golden.
• Wait 10 minutes to serve. No need to wait for more than 10 minutes for this bread. Have it still warm, with lots of butter or whatever your heart desires!

LAZY MAN'S BREAD

Steps:

• 1. Pre-heat oven to 350 degrees (twenty minutes)
• 2. Spray 8 inch cast iron skillet with non stick spray (if your skillet is well seasoned, you do not have to do this step) place one tablespoon of shortening from the 1/4 cup into the skillet
• 3. When oven has preheated for 15 minutes, place cast iron skillet into oven to heat while you make the batter.
• 4. In a medium bowl, combine shortening, flour and milk. Mix well. (May add one of the optional ingredients at this time) Pour immediately into hot cast iron skillet. Return to oven to bake.
• 5. Bake approximately 15 minutes until the top is golden brown. For high altitudes: Add approximately 5 to 8 more minutes to the baking time

LOBSTER CASSEROLE (AKA LAZY MANS LOBSTER)

Steps:

• Toss breadcrumbs with butter. Put lobster in a casserole. Mix in 1/2 the buttered crumbs, and put the rest on top. Heat in a 400 oven until heated through, about 10 min. Easier than pie. From: Michael Loo Recipes posted to FIDO COOKING echo by Mike Loo, an excellent cook, between Dec 1, 1944 and Jul 31, 1995. Many are authentic Chinese recipes. File ftp://ftp.idiscover.co.uk/pub/food/mealmaster/recipes/mikeloo.zip

SLOW, LAZY SOURDOUGH BREAD

Steps:

• Combine starter into water, stirring until starter is fully dispersed.
• Combine salt with flour in the bowl of a stand mixer with a dough hook attachment, turn on low speed, and slowly add water / starter mixture (see video "Lazy Mixing and Kneading").
• After fully combined, set mixer to medium speed and allow it to knead dough for 3 - 5 minutes until dough is forming a relatively smooth ball around the hook.
• Transfer dough into a mixing bowl or rising bucket and let sit until dough just starts to visibly rise (~ 6 - 8 hours). At this point you may optionally want to perform one or two rounds of stretching and folding (separated by half an hour) to build some strength / tension in the dough. I usually do this, but it's not a hard requirement.
• Keep an eye on the rising dough, checking in with it at least once an hour.
• When it has risen to twice its initial volume (or whenever you feel the bulk proofing has come to a good ending point), prepare a lined proofing basket by flouring the inside and set it aside.
• Moisten a work surface with a small amount of water, moisten your hands, and turn the dough out onto the moist work surface.
• Build tension and shape the dough into your preferred shape (boule, batard, oblong) and then transfer into the proofing basket, cover and place in the refrigerator for 12 - 16 hours. The length of this cold second proof can be stretched to suit your schedule. Shoot for a minimum of 12 hours, but the maximum can be pretty long; 24, 36, maybe even 48 hours would probably be fine.
• When ready to bake, pre-heat oven and baking vessel to 450f.
• Transfer cold dough into pre-heated baking vessel* and score as you like.
• Cover and bake for 30 minutes at 450f.
• Reduce oven temperature to 375f, uncover and bake for an additional 25 minutes.

LAZY BEET ROLLS

Steps:

• Cook the rice according to the package directions. Preheat the oven to 350F and grease a 9x13 baking dish.
• Heat a large pan over medium-low heat. When the pan is hot add the bacon and let cook until it starts to become slightly crispy and most of the fat is rendered, around 7-9 minutes. Add the onions to the hot pan and cook 3-5 minutes until soft and translucent.
• Once the onions are cooked add in the beet greens and cook 3-4 minutes until wilted. Add the dill and the cooked rice. Mix to combine, season with salt and pepper, and transfer to the mixture to the prepared baking dish. Once the rice is evenly distributed in the pan drizzle the cream over top. Bake 20-30 minutes until the top is golden brown and the cream bubbles.

UNSTUFFED CABBAGE ROLLS

Steps:

• In a large frying pan add the olive oil, garlic, onion, and ground beef, cook on medium heat until almost all browned.
• Then add the cabbage, tomatoes, water and rice, stir to combine, add the spices and combine. Cook over low-medium heat for approximately 30 minutes or until cooked and thickened. Enjoy!

LAZY LOBSTER CASSEROLE WITH BUTTERY RITZ TOPPING

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°. Put 6 ovenproof dishes on a sheet pan and set them aside.
• Add Ritz and oyster crackers to a food processor. Pulse until it becomes crumbs. I like some texture, so I don't pulse it completely. Pour into a bowl and add melted butter and parsley. Mix until completely combined, set aside.
• Heat butter in a large saute pan over medium heat. When the butter has melted, add garlic and cook for 30 seconds. Add sherry and lemon. Season with salt and pepper.
• If using raw lobster meat, add meat and the juices to the pan cook until just until the lobster begins to firm up, about two to three minutes. Remove from heat.
• Divide the lobster and butter mixture evenly between the dishes and top with a generous amount of cracker topping.
• (If using cooked lobster, add lobster to dishes and prepare butter mixture as directed, and pour over cooked lobster.)
• Put the baking sheet in the oven for 10 to 15 minutes or until the lobster is hot and the topping is golden brown. Serve with lemon wedges and more parsley.