Yeast. It's a microscopic fungus that makes Bread rise. Yeast eats sugars naturally present in the flour, and produces carbon dioxide and alcohol. The carbon dioxide raises the dough and forms the crumb; the alcohol evaporates in the oven. There's lots of types; with lots of different Latin names - the one type most used… Continue reading A little about yeast
Use’s for Surplus Bread
Abs has been busy - and after just one week there's a surprising amount of surplus test loaves kicking about in the kitchen. So we're looking into use's for surplus bread. Use 1 - Kate A's marmelade bread & butter pudding Use 2 - Traditional bread and butter pudding (Kate used her mum's recipe so… Continue reading Use’s for Surplus Bread
Weekly Bake No 2 – Vote
Next week we're going a bit browner - we've some wholemeal flour, and all being well are going to bake a wholemeal sourdough loaf. To this loaf we are thinking about adding some seeds; over to to our baker's dozen to decide which ones:- Happy voting!
Weekly Bake 1 – Update
Just a little photo update on yesterday's weekly bake no 1...
Getting creative at doughies…
Not a lot of baking going on...but it's getting creative!
A little about Flour
Flour. It's simply a milled (i.e. ground up) cereal grain. In the case of most bread, the cereal grain is good ol' Wheat. There are two main methods to produce it:- 1) Grinding it between two big stones (stoneground) - an old, slow, cool process which leaves a lot of goodness in 2) Rolling between… Continue reading A little about Flour
The Weekly Bake – No 1
We're rolling up our sleeves, and preparing for the weekly bake - no 1 - we're pretty excited. This first week, we're keeping it simple - and are baking a white loaf. If you are one of our baker's dozen; use the below form to let us know your preferences for the weekly bake no… Continue reading The Weekly Bake – No 1
Not Bread – but Chocolate – The Mast Brothers
Check out these guys over in Maine doing small scale chocolate manufacture...inspired!
Proofing Basket – Beta Test
Received our first willow proofing basket, made for us by Paul Winwood http://bit.ly/euKRFG, our local basket maker. Did a quick test last night, to check it's about the right size. Photos below:- 11 more baskets on the way for the bakers dozen experiment!
Doughies Starter…
We're starting something - an experiment in community supported baking. The plan is to start small - baking free traditional loaves of bread for our friends, once a week, to test our ideas; using this blog to share our experience. Starting in May, we will bake & deliver 12 loaves for 12 weeks, so we… Continue reading Doughies Starter…
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