We survived the chicken pox, we got our new spiral mixer and started baking again! The first two batches where two loaves of Pain Rustique which is our favourite recipe for a white yeast bread (see Jeffrey Hamelman and his excellent book Bread). With the second batch we made two loaves of sourdough using a […] [Read More...]
pain rustique
Yes, even more Bread…
Still no sign of our new Rofco ‘semi professional’ baking oven. So while waiting for it, we might as well bake some more bread in our little normal household oven with a capacity of one bread at a time. We hope to improve the crustiness of the bread crust and achieve a more open, creamy […] [Read More...]
More Bread
We are still baking bread. I have baked a white bread with a sort of nice slash pattern on the side of the bread and Ed has baked a 20 hour retarded (in the refrigerator) fermented bread with 20% whole wheat flour. Ed’s Pain Rustique – based on 50% poolish (6 hour fermentation) Ed’s Pain […] [Read More...]