Upon request of some friends, I repeated the Cranberry Wild Rice version from a couple of weeks ago but with a few changes. I put in currants instead of raisins and pumpkin seeds instead of Pecans.
We've been away visiting family in Switzerland (with a side trip to Ireland) for. the last couple of months. While there I couldn't resist having a try with Swiss flour etc. So a niece had a rye starter that I was able to use. I just used 30% rye flour and the rest the white bread flour. just a basic 1:2:3 loaf. Funny baking in someone else's kitchen, using an unknown starter, unfamiliar flours and equipment and oven.
So, after baking 75 loaves of bread in the one week since we've been back from holiday, what do I do for a break? Bake bread, of course! :) I was making "What do I do with all these green beans from the garden" minestrone for dinner, and needed some bread to go with it. All I had on hand was multigrain sandwich bread which didn't seem quite right with minestrone, so I figured it was high time I finally tried the most-bookmarked bread on this site - Jason's Quick Cocodrillo Ciabatta.
I've recently decided to start baking rye breads and have jumped in this past weekend with Hamelmans 40% Caraway Rye recipe. I had the ingredients on hand, including a rye starter that seemed to be percolating, whole-rye flour and some high-gluten flour left over from a bagel bake.
What I baked on the weekend. Simple White Bread. Inspired by my trip to New Orleans and eating Gendusa's PoBoy Buns. :)
Boule bread - August 11, 2017
Had some leftover I need to get rid of, sooo....
Took my most recent recipe and added the rye on top - then calculated 70% hydration for the water.
The wet dough looks and feels about like the previous loaf so hopefully things will work out. Rising for three hours, then mix and stretch w/ the usual ingredients...
I made some bread today to give away as a thankyou to some one that belongs to the local facebook "available for Barter" group its an Orange and Poppyseed loaf. its the first time i've made it and was quite pleased with the result the smaller loaf was for us and the other for giving away.
the dough was a 3 hour dough
the larger loaf weighed off at 500g the smaller one was 334g
Two lovely mini loaves - August 4, 2017
