These pastries are made of croissant dough and filled with a fig filling. Apparently lunettes are, among other things, eyeglasses in French. You could use any croissant dough you liked, but the dough I used for these was whole wheat with a sponge from ABAP, by Suas. 2 lbs.
Here in Texas the weather is cooling off and here in Houston we are catching up on some much needed rain. Go figure the summer I get a wood fire oven there is a burn ban in effect from, oh, June til mid September. So this summer I spent most of my time drooling and plotting over my new oven. We did have time before the burn ban to get some experience with firing it, maintaining temperatures and such. We still have disasters. Like the burnt sanwich loaves from last weekend. My hubby, the fire man, said I needed to put the pans in the oven, but the oven was
My son's 2nd grade class toured Franz Bakery today. I chaperoned this trip, naturally.
Saturday night, my wife and i were invited by our friends across the river in Farley MO to help celebrate the 89th birthday of Rob's mother. We used the opportunity to present a copy of the BBA to their daughter Ryoko as a late birthday/early Christmas gift. She's a junior in high school and really very good in the kitchen. I brought a loaf of a sourdough potato bread that I'm working on as a recipe.
Background:
Golosaria is a "culture and taste" exhibition. A unique event that brings to the fore the very best italian artisans. Every autumn they meet in Milano and Torino, and in spring in Monferrato to show you the most wonderful italian foods. Pasta, sauce, cheese, pastry, beer, chocolate, wine ...
Peter Reinhart's Thin Wheat Crackers on p.291 in Whole Grain Breads
My interpretation used Spelt Flour type 700 glatt (fine) with additional 30g flour to the recipe.
Chestnut fettuccine with toasted pignoli nuts and sage bring out the pasta’s smoky and rustic flavor. Chestnut fettuccine compliments grilled venison and turkey and adds a new dish to your holiday dinner.
Chestnut flour has a very strong flavor and you may want to experiment with different amounts of flour.
I'm relatively new to breadmaking and I've been lurking here quite a bit. I think it's about time I made my first post, but since I want to show off my bread, why not make it a blog post?
[i]^ Whole wheat sourdough ready for their overnight retard. Obama lurks in the background, waiting. Some 14 hours later, the boule pops out of the oven.[/i]
