See below for version in Dutch Visiting artisan bread shops in the center of Amsterdam and comparing bread Last Friday we finally got around to doing our little ‘Amsterdam bakery tour’. We decided to only test bread, or else we would let ourselves be sidetracked by all the other baked goods on offer (but we […] [Read More...]
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Pain Rustique…practice makes perfect!
We are still baking like crazy with our Rofco bread oven. This little box works miracles for bread. The hot stones make the bread live, open up, and rise till the roof! All the heat which is stored in the big stones is transmitted directly through the bottom of the dough turning it into bread. […] [Read More...]
Artisan bread baking tips : Dough
Looking back, we could have used some of these tips ourselves, when we started our baking adventures! After we started baking artisan breads we discovered some bread baking fundamentals that could be helpful to other baking enthusiasts. Useful bread baking tips: Dough For large irregular holes, use wet dough (65-67% water to flour) and do […] [Read More...]
Bread, Figs and Roses
What a joy, when a like minded food lover not only brings her enthusiastic personality but also the most fragrant and freshest cheese, figs, herbs and roses to your door! We could offer some raspberry chocolate tart in return (recipe by Mr. Roux) home roasted coffee and of course a live demonstration of our Rofco […] [Read More...]
Pain Rustique & Our New Spiral Mixer
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...]