How versatile can a bread recipe be? According to Chad Robertson’s “Tartine Bread” book, very versatile. A good bread dough can be transformed into a pizza, a focaccia, or even a croissant (and with minimal changes, a baguette). The more I bake his basic country bread recipe, the more I’m starting …
How I accidentally baked a dough using croissant dough… The previous sourdough croissant recipe from Local Breads was jummy but my recent copy of “Tartine Bread” also had a curious recipe for some croissants, using a poolish, sourdough and extra dried yeast. It also uses 40% of stiff unsalted butter to …
Happy easter with this enriched jummy marizpan bread! Our colleages at The Weekend Bakery posted a lovely looking christmas stollen recipe I neglected …
The importance of scoring your loaf One of my favourite recipes for baking from a cookbook must me Mr. Hamelman’s “Vermont Sourdough“. …
It’s still cold outside in Belgium, and the birds are feasting upon endless supplies of seeds we feed them. Lastly, I was …
German multigrain bread – “Dreikornbrot” Why is this multigrain bread so typical “German”? Because the preferment has been made with a rye …
What’s more tasty than a croissant with some strawberry jam on a late sunday morning? I still need to find out. Of …
If you ever want to bake a bread that takes more than four hours to bake, this is the recipe you absolutely have …
This is a variation of Mr. Hamelman’s “Whole-Rye and Whole-Wheat Sourdough Rye bread”. It contains 50% wholemeal flour and 50% strong white …
Congratulations, you’re now a proud owner of a million of sleeping bacteria! How can we reactivate this dried sourdough starter? The starter …
