I have not made pretzel rolls in a while and wanted to try a new version. I added some fresh milled purple corn flour, and rye flour along with some maple syrup to add a little sweetness. Beer certainly goes well with pretzels so adding it to the dough was a no-brainer.
I needed to make some rolls for burgers and sandwiches and if you know me by now, adding cheese was a must :). The main flour was Kamut with some KAF bread flour thrown in for good measure. The eggs really added some nice moisture and flavor and the smoked Gouda cheese I used put them over the top. Of course if you don't like smoked cheese (like my wife who hates it), use a more mild cheese.
This is a 66% rye bread made with fresh milled rye sifted so it's close to a medium grind rye flour. I added some fresh milled spelt as well which really compliments the rye. I had some left-over cheese grits from my wife's breakfast the other day so into the mix it went along with some mashed potatoes which were roughly mashed.
I had not made a porridge bread in a little while, and I've been loving adding freshly ground barley to my bakes, so here we are. I thought freshly ground Kamut would make a nice combination with the barley and I was not mistaken.
I added some polenta I ground from the purple corn I recently purchased with some rolled oats to make a porridge and added some caramelized onions I had leftover in the main dough for good measure.
I was very happy with the flavor profile on this one and the nice moist and tasty crumb as well.
Both of these bakes were pretty simple for me and I had to restrain myself from adding some cheese or other ingredient :). Sometimes simple is best and I have to admit the Spelt Barley loaf tastes awesome. It has a nice chewy crust with deep nutty flavors from the spelt and barley flours. It made an excellent pastrami sandwich for lunch the other day with some melted cheese and Thousand Island dressing.
I've been wanting to try milling some dried corn into flour for some time and finally found some on Amazon a little while ago. For this bake I used around 17% fresh corn flour so it didn't really add much purple color as I had hoped, but it smelled amazing after milling and did add a nice subtle corn flavor to the bake.
I had some leftover rice so I added some into the mix along with some ricotta cheese to make a nice soft and flavorful dough. This one smelled like you could eat it before even baking it!
I've made a similar bread in the past with cranberries instead of cherries but I also changed the flour up a bit and added some fresh milled rye.
I thought the crumb would be more red, but you definitely could taste the wine and of course cherries make the perfect compliment. Adding some chocolate would make this a great bread to have with some cheese for dessert.
My fellow baker and good friend A.K.A. "Yippee" from The Fresh Loaf site has been gracious enough to mail me several loaves of her awesome bread as well as some other goodies. It was high time I shared some of my bread with her. It's taken me longer than it should have, but I needed to figure out how to get the bread to the post office since I leave my house to go into the city every day very early.
I baked this one several weeks ago but have not had a chance to post. This is a 70% Whole Wheat bread made with freshly ground whole wheat with no sifting. I watched a video on how to adjust the stones in my MockMill II and ended up with a super-fine flour, no sifting necessary. I think for the next bake I will sift courser and still sift once and then re-grind at the fine level.
This one turned out a little denser than I would have liked, but it had a nice tang to it and made great toast.
Since I started my new job in the big city I have not had a lot of time to bake. Last weekend I found enough time to whip this one together. I used mostly freshed milled and sifted flours for this bake and added a little KAF Bread flour for some extra strength. I have grown to love adding cooked rice to the bread. You don't taste the actual rice but it adds a great texture to the crumb and helps promote softness as well. The ricotta cheese also helps create a soft and moist crumb which this one certainly had.
