These are my first loaves based on recipes from Dan Stevens’ River Cottage Handbook No.3: Bread.
In his intro to this recipe, Mr Stevens says it’s a very popular loaf at River Cottage. You really can’t beat a good loaf that uses “Granary”-style flour. “Granary” is trademarked to Hovis, so what we actually mean here is [...]
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Stevens’ Malted and seeded loaf
February 21st, 2010 · No Comments · Baking
Ciabatta
February 15th, 2010 · 2 Comments · Baking
This is my first stab at ciabatta, using the recipe in Richard Bertinet’s Dough.
Despite being somewhat misshapen, they turned out very tasty. But it was touch-and-go for a while there.
Bertinet’s technique here involves making a “ferment” a day earlier – basically some dough that sits around giving the yeast a chance to do its thing. [...]
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Bertinet baguettes
February 13th, 2010 · No Comments · Baking
This is my first attempt at baguettes, using the recipe in Richard Bertinet’s Dough. (Bertinet is a Breton, who trained in Paris, worked at some award-winning pubs in Britain, and now runs the Bertinet Kitchen, in Bath.)
M Bertinet starts by dismissing British techniques for handling dough – we make it too dry, we abuse it [...]
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Handmade loaves
February 7th, 2010 · 4 Comments · Baking
Although I blog about my baking over at Cake-Off, the emphasis there is on cakes, cupcakes, tray-baked cakes, biscuits, cookies and all things sweet and yummy. For my bread-making, I’m going to try and write about it a little more here.
I’ve been making bread on and off most of my adult life, starting, like much [...]