summary: Danish dough whisk; flexible silicone lids; the wonders of digital scales; revised notions of essential equipment for bread making; I absolutely adore our dough whisk, but… is it essential for bread making? Yesterday, I tried our brand new Danish dough whisk to make Nan-e Barbari and wow wow wow!! I love it. The dough [...] Continue reading »
Essential Equipment for Bread Baking – Revised
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4th Try at Mason Bread – such high hopes…
summary: Fourth try at making Wild Bread, based on a recipe in “All You Knead is Bread” by Jane Mason; adding the float test didn’t help; how to know when to shape; how we react under duress, continuing the search for not-sour sourdough but seriously contemplating conceding defeat; This is the sad and sordid account [...] Continue reading »
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5th try lucky!
summary: recipe for Jane Mason Wild Bread; 5th try at making not-sour bread using the Jane Mason’s liquid levain; trying a different bread recipe, based on one in “Homemade Sourdough” by Jane Mason; using stronger flour; kneading with ‘slap and fold’ and ‘stretch and fold’ techniques; overnight refrigeration of shaped bread; What’s in a name? [...] Continue reading »
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Wordless Not-Wednesday: who needs Le Creuset?!
O la la! summary: Chad Robertson’s Tartine bread risen with Jane Mason natural starter (wheat); we don’t have a cast-iron Combo-Cooker or Le Creuset; make-shift cooker using a cast-iron pan and a large stainless steel mixing bowl; let parchment paper be your friend; talk about oven spring!; 6th try at Jane Mason bread just as [...] Continue reading »
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Tartine Bread: 3rd time’s the charm (and 4th and…)
summary: recipe for Tartine Bread; 3rd try is the charm; only major change was to use Jane Mason’s starter; how freeing it is to not have anything to toss away; too many pictures to choose from; joys of having happy pets; After the recent successes with natural yeast (it turns out that even I, a [...] Continue reading »
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2nd Try at Jane Mason Sourdough: Sudden Change of Direction
summary: second try at making Jane Mason Sourdough Bread: Fail!; new pet refuses to play; learning patience; getting inspired by “Taste of Persia” by Naomi Duguid; there’s a reason for eating by candlelight; khinkali stuffed with mushrooms to the rescue; great new condiment: ajika; reminiscing about “Anything Can Happen” by Papashvily; Now that the major [...] Continue reading »
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Lost in Translation with Tutmanik and Sirene (BBB August 2017)
summary: тутманик с Готово Тесто (Tootmanik s Gotovo Testo – Tutmanik with Ready-made Dough); attempting the impossible; experiment with wild yeast; over-rising; hazards of adjusting the recipe too much; fun with shaping; a Bread Baking Babes project; Bread Baking Babes (BBB) August 2017: Tootmanik F is for Fail. Although, perhaps this is a Conditional Pass…. [...] Continue reading »
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Wordless Wednesday: two loaves of Tartine Bread
TaDaaa!! 1st time baking two loaves at once 2nd time baking two loaves at once summary: two loaves of Tartine bread – one baked in makeshift cooker using a cast-iron pan and a large stainless steel mixing bowl, the other in Le Creuset; how do you spell “oven-spring”? – a Wordless Wednesday post It turns [...] Continue reading »
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Almost-wild Very (very) Light Rye (BBB September 2017)
summary: BBB Swiss Rye Ring (and boule) based on a recipe by Stanley Ginsberg; trying to use wild yeast instead of commercial yeast; creating a rye starter using Jane Mason’s method; creating scary rye alcohol in solid brick-like form; ears! we see ears; a Bread Baking Babes project; Bread Baking Babes (BBB) September 2017: Swiss [...] Continue reading »
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Bread for Cousins’ Day
summary: in praise non-sour sourdough wild bread; planning ahead; working with Jane Mason levain; what to do with all that extra starter; it’s Sourdough September Apparently, it’s Sourdough September in the UK. I learned about it from BREAD Magazine’s “Dough Wizards” newsletter. But for us, I think that we will be still be celebrating Sourdough [...] Continue reading »
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Wild Bread Notes (or… KISS)
summary: importance of the float test for the levain; scheduling; disregarding advice from some experts; KISS; it’s Sourdough September The baker’s skill in managing fermentation, not the type of oven used, is what makes good bread. – Chad Robertson It’s so thrilling that I have finally been able to embrace baking with wild yeast! And [...] Continue reading »
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Wild Naan for Sourdough September
summary: recipe revision for naan using natural starter instead of commercial yeast; brief history of commercial yeast; another project for Sourdough September On Thursday, with two more days left in September, we realized I could bake one more batch of wild bread this month. Because these organisms [the ideal types of yeast for sourdoughs] always [...] Continue reading »
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Is the starter ready? Looks can be deceiving…
summary: how to tell if the wild starter is ready; bubbles are an indication but not foolproof; float test is essential; working towards predictability; scheduling the starter; feeding; “[It] might be the case that your starter is rising, but you’re not there to see it. If you feed at night, it might be rising up [...] Continue reading »
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Going Wild with Pumpkin Cornmeal Rolls (BBB October 2017)
summary: Pumpkin Cornmeal Rolls; making adjustments to the recipe; using wild yeast instead of commercial; a Bread Baking Babes project; World Bread Day and World Food Day; Bread Baking Babes (BBB) October 2017: Pumpkin Cornmeal Bread I just can’t stop using our Jane Mason Starter! This October has been strange – so warm that it’s [...] Continue reading »
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What Nationality are These Muffins?? (BBB November 2017)
summary: ingredients for English Muffins; refusing to use commercial yeast when there’s wild yeast in the fridge; scheduling problems; late again; rescuing English muffins that are overcooked (really dark…) on the outside and undercooked in the center; meat thermometer is my friend; making my sister happy; a Bread Baking Babes project; Bread Baking Babes (BBB) [...] Continue reading »
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BBB English Muffins are Perfect for Mock Bennies
summary: Mock Bennies with Homemade English Muffins; easily as satisfying as Eggs Benedict but not nearly as filling; That looks just like Eggs Benedict there, doesn’t it? But no. This is a Mock Benny. A Mock Benny?! What on earth? First of all, let me reassure you that j’adore Eggs Benedict. Almost as much as [...] Continue reading »
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Reparations after Bread Wars
summary: effects of weather changes on bread made with wild yeast; bread wars; counter-intuitive behaviour; rescuing failures and turning them into major successes; Mock Monsieurs; Avocado Toast; Winning; “If you have a lemon make a lemonade” – Dale Carnegie, after Elbert Hubbard“Ultimately there is no such thing as failure. There are lessons learned in different [...] Continue reading »
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Tracking the other BBBabes
The others have already baked this month’s recipe: Champagne Baba. But I am a laggard, trailing behind, catching glimpses of their footprints in the newly fallen snow. I’m happy to report that I have now mixed the dough. Stay tuned for the full report. (My sister will be thrilled at the details; things have not [...] Continue reading »
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Better Late Than Never not-Champagne Babas (BBB December 2017)
summary: recipe for Champagne Babas; substituting more affordable sparkling wine from Argentina; using commercial yeast instead of wild yeast; a Bread Baking Babes project; Bread Baking Babes (BBB) December 2017: Champagne Baba Well, I considered translating this into a recipe with wild yeast…. And then I realized that it would prove that I’m completely out [...] Continue reading »
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Sort of Wordless Not-Wednesday: Merry Christmas to Me!
summary: Because of the continued success of making Chad Robertson’s Tartine bread risen with Jane Mason natural starter (wheat), look at what I got for Christmas – a Lodge cast-iron Combo-Cooker!!; cast-iron might be heavy but it’s the best no-stick pan; these pans are not just for camping; makes for best oven-spring; a Sort of [...] Continue reading »
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