A New Found Passion

Greetings to all!

It's quite late down here in Aus, and I'm waiting to shape some Pain de Campagne, so I thought I'd quickly knock out my first blog post!

My name is Daniela, I'm 25 and have recently discovered the joy of making artisan bread. 

A few months ago, quite by chance I picked up Ken Forkish's Flour, Water, Salt, Yeast at my local library. I decided I would look through it, pick a few recipes, photocopy what i needed and make some yummy bread. But I quickly realised as I started reading, that I would need to photocopy the entire book - with not a single page going by that didn't have some valuable nugget of information. Not only is that far too laborious a task - I also happen to adore books, and so asked for the book for my birthday.

I bought the necessary equipment (really only the cambro tub; which is square because I couldn't get a round one in Australia - and the dutch oven; mine is oval because it was on special and i only paid $40 for it instead of $350!) and set off on my exciting bread making journey. 

In two weeks I have made:

Saturday White Bread

Harvest Bread with Poolish

White bread with 80% Biga

Pain de Campagne

Walnut Levain Bread

I am so in love with making these breads, I've never done it before. I look forward to engaging with you in the forum and learning more about this beautiful craft. 

Daniela : )