On the Beer

Made a batch of Cistercian/Torth Owain Glyndwr/Torth Caradog (my breads tend to have a name for every occasion) in last week’s bake: (note the little jar of fermenting apple on the shelf. Pain des Pommes coming soon) Still chewing on one eight days after baking …

Madness

Something about this reminds me of Madness – the band – silly walk – no?

Gwyl Owain Glyndwr

So I’m sitting around minding my own business a couple of weeks back when an email clatters into the mail box. It’s from Cynan: can I supply trenchers for a mediaeval feast for Gwyl Owain Glyndwr? My reputation for mediaeval bread must have gone before me. For a number years I supplied bread for an […]

BBGA Calendar V

Last of my entries: “Marcus Row’s Dark Wheat Beer & Red Onion Bread nestling in the Spring primroses. Slowly fried red onions finished in simmering wheat beer cooled and incorporated into an overnight leaven sponge. Using dark beer deepens the flavours. This is the bread formula I most wish I’d developed myself.”

Medbred

Other people can do what they like but personally I wonder about the current trend towards highly decorated breads. What could be more effective than these simple slashes on this week’s Medbred – an olive oil bread with red onion and herbs?

Torth Caradog

Torth Caradog! A 2K loaf containing a whole bottle of Caradog, the bottled beer of Bethesda’s new brewery Cwrw Ogwen. Bursting with whole grain.

96

Mom 96 yesterday eager for the cab to take her to lunch. Had to quieten her down with a small prosecco …

Brioche (& Fish Pie)

Off to Brum tomorrow with a Brioche Provencal under my arm and a frozen fish pie in my bag. Mom’s 96th birthday on Thursday.

Course

Seem to be busy with courses just now. Here’s Elaine from Ruthin appropriately with a Big G Cherry Tomato Focaccia – appropriately because I got this from Gareth Roberts aka the Corwen Kid and Ruthin is pretty close to Corwen. Really enjoyable course – Elaine was a Gold Star Student, learned quickly and was very […]

BBGA Calendar IV

“First they overran the School of Psychology, Bangor University, North Wales and then moved inland in search of good bread. American academics infiltrated my customer list. And over the best part of ten years they have been such good customers I repaid them by developing a Thanksgiving Bread. A deep mixture of strong white, wholemeal […]