Baking with a Preferment

The first time I ever used a “Biga” in a recipe was probably close to 30 years ago. It was a recipe for an Italian bread, and the recipe was out of one of the food magazines, can’t remember which one. Since then I have tried some of the other preferments, including the Levain, Poolish…

SOURDOUGH BAGUETTES

Fed both of my starters Sunday morning. The original “Mother” fed with organic rye and her “Daughter”, fed with commercial bread flour. Both of these starters are 6 years old. I used 60g of the discard to make a biga. By the time I got home from work the starters were ready to go into…

GRILLED PORK CHOPS

Quick and easy work night dinner. I bought three racks of pork (loins) recently and cut a couple of chops off one of them. Got home from work about 5:15 tonight and we were eating at 5:55. Put a pot of water on to boil for my rice. I cook rice the same way I…

ROAST CHICKEN DINNER

This is one of my favourite go to dinners. So easy to make, even on a work night.

NINE DAY FERMENTATION

I like to have a few doughs on the go in the fridge. I will sometimes make three or four batches at one time. I started to write the date on the lid so they don’t get mixed up. I had two in the fridge, one from January 1st and one that I apparently forgot…

CHICKEN WITH MUSHROOMS

January 4th I got a head start on dinner yesterday morning before leaving for work. But Moe wasn’t hungry for a full dinner, so it got postponed until morning. So for breakfast he had Chicken with Mushrooms over Pappardelle. I took the same for lunch.

RYE BREAD

First bake of 2025. Rye Bread. Made a cocktail loaf and baked one loaf in a bread pan. I also fed both my starters which I had not fed since the end of November. Both bounced back quickly and had doubled in less than 8 hours. Will make a batch of sourdough this week. Made…

New Years 2025

First dinner of 2025. Baked a bone in ham and served with scalloped potatoes, squash, and Brussel Sprouts.

2024 NEW YEARS EVE

It has been our tradition for 50 plus years to have lobster or Dungeness crab on NY Eve. With a bottle of champagne. This year we had to do something different because both lobster and crab are high in sodium. Ready for the grill I made one of Moe’s favourites – I bought a beautiful…