BREAD - Life of Si (Page 3)

BREAD

Adventures in dough, something I like to do away from screens.

First Sourdough

Sourdough bread is made with a starter or levain. It’s a slow process, designed to maximise the taste of the bread. I made two loaves and a couple of small bits n bobs for my first effort and they took about 8hrs to prepare and bake. Every hour, the

Making Sourdough

Various stages of making a sourdough loaf. Kneading Dough

Introducing Turner…

Turner is my new Tamagotchi, it is, in fact a sourdough starter given to me by a friend at work. I’ve not been baking bread lately with Worcestershire Film Festival and my birthday and then Christmas, however, I’m excited by the prospect of using a levain, even if

M&S German Rye Granary

M&S German Rye Granary

This was a dense, hard bread with a nutty flavour

M&S Fig & Hazelnut

M&S Fig & Hazelnut

A springy, moist bread, teaming with fruit and nut.

Excerpt from the Waitrose Magazine

M&S Boule Aux Grains

M&S Boule Aux Grains Literally translated, this bread means a ball of grains, but really it’s a seeded bomb shaped bread. It contains linseed, poppyseed, sunflower seeds and maybe some other ones too. Works well in soup, as might be expected. M&S Boule Aux Grains

M&S French Country Loaf

This is the classic country loaf that I have read about from the Tartine books and the bread that inspired Paul Hollywood to bake. Well, this is M&S interpretation of the bread, but it does have a uniqueness about it. M&S French Country Loaf The crust

Bread Collection

This is special bread indeed, presented on a special day. It’s no ordinary bread, it’s birthday orange and pecan bread from Bread Collection. Pecan & Orange Bread Bread Collection is a company based in Knowle and have a shop in Birmingham. It always looked interesting but there was

M&S Ciabatta

M&S Ciabatta Continuing with the M&S experiment, this is a chunk o’ ciabatta. Ciabatta is made with more oil than regular bread. It is characterised by irregular holes running through the loaf and sometimes the dough is almost transparent looking closely. It’s a light bread

Beer Bread

This is a loaf of beer bread that I brought back from the BBC Food Show. It’s locally made in the Midlands and had a collection of seeds on top in the crust. The bread was springy and dark in colour. The taste was quite bitter, it must be

M&S Walnut Loaf

As a bit of an experiment and to increase my understanding of what makes a good bread, I have decided to study some bought bread. M&S and Waitrose are the only two supermarkets who offer real bread and so I went to M&S to try out

BOOK : Bread Matters

I’m currently reading Bread Matters by Andrew Whitley

The Tiger

The Mecca of all bread must be the tiger bread. I could more than easily devour a loaf freshly baked and the supermarkets do a great job at tempting me all the time. (Except when they call it giraffe bread, which it does look more like) Tiger Bread No, tiger

Mixing

Mixing The Dough

The Whole Picture

Wholemeal Bread

Wholesome Wholemeal

Following the success of the white loaf, I wanted to make a wholemeal in the same way. I had read that many wholemeal recipes included some white flour, so I replaced 100g of wholemeal for strong white. Ingredients 100g Strong White Flour 400g Strong Wholemeal Flour 1tbs Olive Oil 1tsp

Sourdough

I saw this during a trip to London in Waitrose. It’s a San Francisco style sourdough from Gails Bakery based in Hampstead. The starter for this dough is made from yogurt, milk and flour. Sourdough Bread What I love about Waitrose is that they see somebody making a quality

White Bread Nutrition

Cooked weight : 781g Total calories : 1863kCal 1g = 2.38kCal

Rising From The (Oven) Flames

So, whilst the previous outing was a disaster, this week resulted in the best bread I’ve made so far. I was determined to make the most of all the learning so far and bring it altogether to create a standard white loaf. I also wanted to prove or disprove

Strong Flour

Strong Flour used in the white bread

Finest White Bread so far

The Sound Of Bread

Your browser does not support this audio Simply some of my bread being cut, sounds good, doesn’t it?!

Bread Beauty

From the disaster to the best bread I’ve made so far! White Bread

Food Disaster

Well, sort of. I wanted to create a dough with a high liquid percentage as a few friends have said how the higher the liquid ratio, the more likely for a delicate crumb structure and a crusty exterior. I also wanted to make a milk loaf, so I made the