Bread

Spelt Loaf, Spelt, Protein & the Crumb Puzzle

June 6, 2011
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I made this loaf on Saturday, it’s 50% white organic spelt and 50% Canadian very strong white.  The reason the loaf above is still on its baking tray is because it got royally stuck to the tray.  Occasionally this happens and in the past I’ve tried hard to remove it with a flexible spatula and […]

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Empathy with Sourdough Novices, 1 recipe 5 flours

April 24, 2011
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This post is about me, empathy and bread.  The earliest story I know about me and bread is when I was three years old and being looked after by my Great-Gran while my parents worked.  During the day I would sit on the door step of my Great-Gran’s front door which faced a quiet lane […]

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100% Rye from Chaves and Portuguese Bread

April 10, 2011
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The day after making the wheat & rye bread from the Portuguese book O Pão Em Portugal I made this 100% rye bread.  I was obviously in full flow here.  My experience with rye flour is limited to two loves mixed with wheat flour.  In the process of mixing the 100% rye dough I was […]

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Wheat & Rye Bread from Beira Alta

April 6, 2011
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It seems I’m making my way through the Portuguese Bread book, I doubt I’ll make every recipe but when I’m thinking about making bread this is the book I find myself looking through.  The book is worth having just for the photos of different beautiful wood-fire ovens.  It seems such a pity it’s not aimed […]

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Why do 3 hour Sponge for a Yeast Loaf?

March 23, 2011
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I first thought of this question last summer when I was passed on a recipe for pita breads that required making a 2 hour sponge first, it asked you to mix flour, water and yeast leave for 2 hours before adding the rest of the ingredients.  I wondered why you had to do it but […]

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Dan’s Soft Baps Makes Great Toast

March 23, 2011
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My Search for a Soft Loaf for Allergy Daughter It’s been months since I’ve been on the look out for a soft loaf for allergy daughter.  The answer to a very soft crumb is usually a dough enriched with either dairy or soya flour, neither of which my daughter can have. I’ve been reading about […]

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Broa, Northern Portugal

March 9, 2011
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This broa I made yesterday looks just like my late Gran use to make.  I was really pleased with the look of it.  I have my kind cousin in Lisbon to thank for it because she managed to organise the out of print copy of the Portuguese bread book, O Paõ Em Portugal from the […]

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I’ve Been Baking…

February 18, 2011
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I’m suppose to be jogging right now, trying to get rid of the stone I’ve manage to catch since the summer but feeling rather puffed out with all the misfortunes with my baking this week…so instead while the 3 year old is kind enough to give me a little break I’m going to explain how […]

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How To Make Easy Sourdough Starter – Dan Lepard

November 16, 2010
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Since I intend to carry on baking sourdough and post about it I wanted to make my own starter from scratch to make sure I was capable of producing it and show how easy it is.  If I can…anyone can produce some.  For a sourdough novice like me when I first received my hand-me-down leaven […]

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Sweet Butternut Squash Bread Rolls

November 10, 2010
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I do like these kind of posts where I can just present the end result but don’t have to write out the recipe.  Out of the whole experience of blogging writing out recipes is my least favourite thing to do.  This weekend I wanted to make my Portuguese blogger friend’s sweet  pumpkin bread in Tertulia […]

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Easy Wholemeal Loaf using the no-kneading method

October 24, 2010
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I had mention on my reply to Becca on the How To Make: An Easy Loaf post I was trying out a wholemeal loaf using the same method and here it is.   I made the second batch yesterday trying out the mixture with more liquid because the first time around wasn’t quite there.  This isn’t […]

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How To Make: An Easy Loaf – My EveryDay Bread with No Kneading

October 19, 2010
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This post has become far far bigger than I first thought it would, I’m trying to cover as much detail as possible to give the biggest chance of reproducing what I can in my little kitchen; a tasty easy loaf to fit around your busy day.  That’s my criteria here if like me time is […]

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Finally Success with Dan’s White Sourdough

July 22, 2010
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Dan Lepard’s recipe in his Handmade Loaf book page 28, is a very wet mixture which will give more holes in your sourdough, a good thing, but for traditional breadmakers like me it’s a nightmare working with such wet dough.  My previous attempts have all pretty much ended up with tasty but flat loaves, good […]

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Semi Sourdough White Bread – My Family’s Favourite

July 20, 2010
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This has become a regular loaf in our household, middle child loves it, and Bikerboy asks for it.  If I  haven’t baked any bread, I get a puzzle look from him to say, “why?”.  Today oldest child rang from the field across our house where she was chatting with her friends, to ask if they […]

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Dan Lepard White Sourdough using No-knead Method

June 30, 2010
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Using here Dan Lepard’s white sourdough recipe from his Handmade Loaf book which I find quite wet.  Something I’ve had to get use to.  I who was comfortable making dried yeast doughs has had to forget everything I know about making bread when I embarked on my journey of sourdough 4 months ago.  Dan’s white […]

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