Flour arrived from our friends at Highland Wholefoods - some lovely Golspie Wholewheat flour from the far North, and some equally lovely Stoates white from the far south of our little island. We also got some Highland rapeseed whilst we were at it from a farm in Aberdeenshire. Love shopping good local food. Started the… Continue reading Wheat Sourdough Starter – Day Zero
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Experimentation
Experimenting here at doughies HQ. We've started a new rye sourdough culture (and after 4 days it has been looking mega strong). The pro baker in me says not to name said culture (but the rookie baker yearns to introduce you to Albert the second...dang). So tonight decided to puff both good old wheat, and… Continue reading Experimentation
Weekly Bake 3 – Update
Weekly bake number three; a white loaf made with the sponge and dough method - little video update below:-
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
