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…
Tag: Baking
CRUSTY ENGLISH BLOOMER BREAD
Crusty English Bloomer Bread. This is new to me. I went searching for a recipe for this bread and found a couple. I went with two different recipes. One using a pate fermentee and my regular bread flour and one that was a Whole Wheat version. The first batch was a 1000g of flour, and…
HOMESTYLE WHITE BREAD
This style of bread reminds me of the loaves of bread my grandmother always made. Makes wonderful dinner rolls too. Normally I make this by hand using the Autolyze Stretch and Fold Method. But decided since I was going to be making two – 1000g flour batches I decided to do in the Electrolux Magic…
Baking Bread…………………
……….is what I enjoying doing on my days off. Although I’ll play around with rye and whole wheat occasionally, it is white bread that we prefer. Usually a French or Italian or sourdough based bread with a good crust. So most weeks, I try to bake at least twice and sometimes three times. And I…
Sourdough Crust
We were still so full from breakfast, that I didn’t plan anything for dinner. I had some sourdough leftover from a couple of days ago so I added it into a new batch of bread dough. Baked three loaves of bread and saved a little of the dough for a pizza. Just sauce and cheese….
Satisfying a Craving
I presalted a chicken on Friday with the intention of roasting it for dinner last night. But at work yesterday, I kept thinking about chicken and dumplings. I had a real craving for a bowl of comfort. I had also bought some bone in chicken breasts on Friday, so, when I got home from work…
Buttermilk Biscuits
I’m not sure which I like best. Sweet Scones or Savory Buttermilk biscuits. You can adjust them both to suit your own taste. With scones you can add your favourite fruit and with biscuits you can leave them plain or add different herbs and cheeses. This morning I went with buttermilk biscuits adding fresh chives…
St. Paddy’s Day Dinner
Herbed Irish Soda Bread You know when something doesn’t taste bad, there is nothing really wrong with it but you just don’t like it? And if you never have it again as long as you live you would be okay with that? Well that is how I feel about a corned beef and cabbage dinner….
Happy Husband Breakfast
Chocolate Chip Muffins. Couple of happy neighbours too.
Four Day Summary
Mushroom and Pepperoni Pizza My four days off went quickly this week. My washer died on Friday night so we went into Victoria on Tuesday to shop for a new one. We made a quick decision on a washer and dryer, finding what we wanted in the first appliance store. Moe was happy that he…
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