As I mentioned in my last post, I’ve been trying Richard Bertinet’s sourdough ferment recipe. The ferment is lively and strong and gave a good rise to the dough. I have to admit that I struggled somewhat with getting the dough usable as the water content of Richard’s recipe is higher than other recipe’s I’ve [...]
Those who follow me on Twitter will know I’ve been making more bread lately: slow ferment and sourdough recipes. I’ve tried a few Leaven recipes, including Dan Lepard’s Rye starter.
I had mixed results with Dan Lepard’s recipe and wasn’t too impressed with my first efforts, which were rather flat, although very tasty (lovely sourdough taste [...]
Today has been yet another baking day: first off was Dark Chocolate and Orange Scones (another Antony Worrall Thompson recipe, albeit using plain chocolate rather than white chocolate). Easy to make and rather tasty. I tried one and the rest are in the freezer! Next off a Weight Watchers recipe: simple vanilla cookies. Finally, I [...]
Is it the Credit Crunch? Is it a mid-life crisis? A throw-back to childhood? Who knows, but recently I’ve been on a baking marathon. In the last two weeks I’ve baked all manner of bread, cookies, brownies and cakes. I hasten to add that I have shared them with my team at work rather than [...]
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