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While looking through the kitchen pantry for inspiration, I came across a bag of Wild Blend Rice made by Lundberg. So I log in to The Fresh Loaf looking for a recipe that uses rice and onions. What do I find? A recipe that I created last November using those very ingredients! ?‍♀️Of course, in this version, I had to tweak a few ingredients and the method. I also changed my usual timing of the Levain due to a family birthday party. 

Recipe

Makes 3 loaves

Dough:

700 g strong bakers unbleached flour

Hi,

I am new to this site.  Just took these beauties out of the oven.  Baking SD now for 5 months with my own starter.  Wonderful website!!!

Definitely not my most attractive bread! This bread was 85% hydration, with 35% T85, 10% rye (never done this before), and 55% bread flour. I added 150g of toasted chopped walnuts which was a lot for my 750g of dough to handle. I did a 12% starter inoculation, but also added 50g of yeast water to the dough. I'm not sure if adding the yeast water really made a difference or not. 

After a not so successful chocolate loaf, I tried to copy the Full Proof baking recipe, but added chestnuts, doubled the chocolate chips, and replaced 30g of water with yeast water. I went the easy route and did just one dough, and not dough A&B as the recipe suggests.  

This loaf was 78% hydration, 90% bread flour, and 10% fresh ground wheat. 

I was poking around in the back of the drinks cupboard, as you do, and came across this bottle of Saltaire Triple Chocoholic stout, a long forgotten thoughtful gift from Jane, my daughter,

It seemed a pity to drink it all at once when I could enjoy it for a lot longer, one slice at a time, so it became the large part of the liquid in a pair of loaves of 40% wholewheat bread.

Here's the breakdown:

a friend told me of this flour available for a brief time at our local supermarket

Been a while since last blog, bread flour hasn't been on sale for a while, So I've been baking breads with more hearty whole grains? 

Is it safe to use a pizza stone that was left in the oven after the self cleaning process? It now looks like new, but I'm not sure it is safe you use.

Life’s been a bit busy so I’m only sharing some food photos today.

Halloumi gassi with paniyaram (yes, paneer not Halloumi is used traditionally)

Scrambled eggs with tomatoes with plain jasmine rice. My kind of comfort food :)