January 19, 2009 - 4:19am
Wanted - a technical book about flour, yeast etc
I am currently using Karen Saunders' The Breadmaker Bible, and tend to have a look on the internet for other recipes.
However it would be useful to have a book that goes a bit more into how flour, yeast etc "works", to answer questions such as Is Spelt more or less absorbent than bread flour? How much salt do I need? Of course trial and error is fun, but this would help to keep the disasters to a minimum.
Is there such a book on the market? Most simply run through the ingredients and then give you loads of recipes, which can be more or less easy to adapt.