I need a new oven. Rolls and bread made from the same batch of dough – behaved entirely differently on top and bottom shelf. The buns “peaked”. There is something very wrong with that oven. Has it anything to do with the kitchen knife that was jammed in the fan blades, I wonder. Whatever – …
Tag archives: Bread
Bits of this, bits of that
I have Bitza Bread under way this morning – it’s made of bits of this and bits of that, using my flour ends. So there is some of the Malted Blend, some of the Rustic country and some of the Unbleached White… with extra malty bits thrown in. The dough seems very well-tempered. It’s a …
Baking this week
Breadmaking this week has been limited to quick and easy plain methods. There have been two batches of bread made with the seeded flour. I made the first in the Lakeland oblong loaf baker and the second in the Lakeland round baker. No idea why it should be any different but we both preferred the …
Sage and Onion Rolls
They worked, Kind of. I made my dough a little on the wet side, so the rolls look less than gorgeous, but they do eat very well. I made a standard 500g flour dough – with fresh yeast, olive oil, salt and black pepper; adding 1tsp each of brown and black mustard seeds, plus chopped …
Experimentation Sunday
We had roast pork yesterday, with all the trimmings: I made a pear chutney in lieu of apple sauce, a sage and onion gravy, roast tatties and parmesan roast parsnips, and some purple sprouting broccoli. After that there was a baked cheesecake with amaretto strawberries. Cheeses, biscuits and port to round off. So. Today we …
Monday’s Baking
Another attempt on the Milk Loaf yesterday. This time I used the white bread flour from our local shop. I could see the dough in the peep hole in no time at all. The loaf almost filled the tin, but as usual, my shaping was not quite right and I have dimples at each end. …