The Fig and Black Pepper Flatbreads (via the BBC Food site and Lesley Waters) are extremely good. I can imagine eating them with a nice ripe Brie or dunked into a baked Camembert or a cheese fondue. Today we ate them with a hot salad and griddled Halloumi, with a lentil dressing. I was scraping …
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Focaccia revisited
Yesterday’s Focaccia was very good indeed but we ate very little of it. I covered the bread plate with a bowl and the bread was still beautifully soft this morning. I cut two wedges, sliced them through their middles and warmed the bread gently in the microwave before filling with grilled rashers of bacon and …
Not for doggies… for cat-chia
Pasta night tonight. We deployed the new Kenwood attachment. It did not go smoothly – I made the dough too wet, but we did eventually extrude some pappardelle. Mr L made a roasted pepper sauce with prawns and I fashioned a Focaccia and a salad. We used to frequent a pizzeria in Leeds, Da Mario’s, …
Chaos
Today has not panned out quite as planned. I was up and at ’em bright and early this morning and had the laundry on and my bread rising before 8am. A kilo batch of seeded rolls was destined for the freezer. I then promptly forgot all about my dough and this happened: The …
Mixed Results
I had mixed results with my muffins today. I had just popped them onto the griddle pan when the phone rang in my office. I legged itup there and dealt with a cold call with a firm refusal. As I was halfway back to the kitchen, the phone rang again – same caller. I was …
Oven Spring
I have no idea what I did today that was so right.