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...]
WKB projects
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...]
Our brand new bread oven!
We waited long, but it was worth it. Finally our bread oven has arrived from Belgium. Brought by the Rofco Company owner Micha himself, it came with elaborate and enthusiastic instructions. That was last Friday. And we haven’t stopped baking since! The first two breads that came out of the oven were, in our eyes, […] [Read More...]
You Guessed It…More Bread
As new buns and cakes are in the making, we wanted to show you a few baking exercises we worked on yesterday. Great result with making a whole wheat loaf, which tasted so much better then the average blugghhh tasting factory bread with elastic ‘crust’. Also made scones and this eventful Saturday ended with pizza, […] [Read More...]
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...]
Brioche
Today I made my first real brioche. By real I mean I took the time and effort to try out a recipe that, to me, seemed the most authentic and French. For the recipe I used one of my most priced possessions for over 12 years, the book on Patisserie by the Roux brothers. This […] [Read More...]
Back from NY: Cupcakes, Cinnamon Buns and Tofu Cookies
We just got back from a foodfull visit to New York City. So much to try and taste and such small stomachs! It’s a shame and a blessing, it leaves you wishing you could manage more but you are also comforted by the thought you will always fit in your plane seat. Still, we tried […] [Read More...]
Norwegian Food
Spending over 4 weeks in Norway has taught us a lot about food culture in Norway. The short version: if you are particular about your food: Go to Italy! If you are a resourceful and inventive person there can be no objection. Please go to Norway because it’s so beautiful it will move you to […] [Read More...]
New Year in Norway
We were fortunate enough to spend the beginning of the New Year in beautiful Norway. It is great to experience a real winter around this time of the year. So we made the most of the snow and did all types of sledding, dog, horse drawn and several odd devices that get you downhill in […] [Read More...]
