This is a Dan Lepard recipe – published in the Saturday Guardian, but also over here on his forum. In his intro, Dan says it’s “A loaf that’s unfairly despised by foodies and artisan bakers…”. I wonder why it’s despised. It’s not got the deep flavours of a naturally leavened bread, say, but it’s fun [...]
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Maize bread
June 21st, 2010 · No Comments · Baking
This one uses polenta, as well as maize flour (I used Cool Chile Co Masa harina). I thought the result would be crumbly and a bit dry, but it’s not. Instead, it’s got a good crumb and a pleasant yellowing colour. Quite a handsome loaf too. As with much of my bread-making here, it’s another [...]
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Buckwheat muffins
June 14th, 2010 · No Comments · Baking
More Dan Lepard from the essential book The Handmade Loaf. Some proper teatime muffins. It’s crazy I feel I have to refer to these as “English muffins”, as I’m English and was eating these long before US-style muffins invaded Britain. Muffins are like yeasted buns, but are cooked on a griddle or hotplate. Alongside crumpets, [...]
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Soft white baps
May 28th, 2010 · No Comments · Baking
The sort of name to make little boys snigger. And yet my wife Fran even giggled as I typed it… The macro on my camera couldn’t really cope, but in general it’s a lovely pic with the herbiage, so what the heck. Great recipe, from Dan Lepard’s Guardian column. Or here’s the recipe again, on [...]
Alsace loaf with rye
April 26th, 2010 · No Comments · Baking
Very pleased with this one. It’s another recipe from Dan Lepard’s The Handmade Loaf, a book that’s kept me busy for many a weekend, and will doubtless do so for years to come. Although I’m yet to perfect my stick-shaping technique, the flavour was delicious, the texture nice and open, the crust crunchy without being [...]
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Handmade loaves
February 7th, 2010 · 5 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 [...]