Today i baked four small loaves of bread.Tonight we are going to a little potluck dinner with friends, and I'll bring two loaves with me to share. That leaves another two for home eating.
I made one "tiger semolina" (with the black sesame seed stripes), two olive/sundriedtomato/onion loaves, and one plain white boule with sesame seeds on top, slashed in a sun pattern. I'll take one olive loaf and the semolina to the potluck tonight.
I really really like the bread from the Artisan Bread In Five Minutes a Day book.Not only is it the best tasting bread I've ever had, but it takes little time to prepare as well.
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05-15-2009, 11:08 AM #1
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05-15-2009, 11:41 AM #2
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your bread loaves are works of art! they are truly lovely. Do you get the stripes just from cutting slits in the bread before it rises?
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05-15-2009, 11:51 AM #3
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Hey thanks, Mimi!
Originally Posted by Biciclista
After the loaf is formed, it's allowed to 'rest' for 40 minutes and it puffs up part way. Then you either: dust with flour and slash, or paint with cornstarch wash and sprinkle with seeds and slash....then they go in the hot oven and will rise and expand a bit more while baking. (that's called 'oven spring') The slashes are then seen as bare spots with no flour dusting or seeds.
I want to do some onion garlic bread topped with poppy seeds soon too.
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05-15-2009, 07:31 PM #4
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I turned a good friend on to this book and they tried the pita recipe and LOVED it.
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05-27-2009, 01:54 PM #5
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Baking bread in a cast iron pot
I tried this technique today with sourdough bread, and it came out wonderfully! The truly PERFECT crust!
Here are some pix, but I described it in detail in my home blog, here:
http://strumelia.blogspot.com/2009/0...utch-oven.html
I'll definitely be making this again!! Mmmmmmm.....
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05-27-2009, 01:59 PM #6
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Beautiful! You are truly the Bread Queen! I've been making my own bread for at least a month now-- haven't bought any. It's so easy and delicious. I might have to spring for that book so that I can expand my technique horizons a bit.
Too bad you can't put tastes on your blog!
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05-27-2009, 02:58 PM #7
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That is just gorgeous, Lisa!
I'll try it soon.
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