Retirement

I was trying to construct a link along the lines of retirement/bed/couche, but never mind. Instead of starting at 5.00 a.m. I saunter out of bed at 6.00 a.m. 6.50 a.m. ten large tomato breads with sundried tomato in the couche. 7.50 a.m. twenty in the couche: 8.50 a.m. twenty four in the couche and […]

For the Doctor (Pizza 5)

drfugawe With the last of the pizza dough, another skinny pizza to eat in the kitchen while the main course is being prepared: Not only was the dough in the fridge, there was left-over tomato sauce. No mozzarella, a scrap of cheddar, and some basil from the windowsill.

87% Wholemeal Continued

Out of the fridge late afternoon Saturday: Out of the box: Fold: Cover and fold four times at hourly intervals: Shaping was a bit tricky – I didn’t feel I was getting any tension into the dough. Into couches and back into the fridge overnight. Sunday morning, remove couches from fridge: Roll onto baking sheet […]

Meanwhile (Pizza 4) …

The beauty of sourdough is that life continues while your dough is fermenting in the fridge. Coming out of the fridge was the remains of pizza dough. While Sue’s shoulder of lamb is in one oven, a very thin pizza is about to go in the other oven to nibble while the lamb cooks: Pizza […]

87% Wholemeal Day 2 Morning

Day 1? Well the camera wouldn’t have survived. Wholemeal dough at 87% hydration would be perfect for mud wrestling but this isn’t that sort of blog. My kneading technique with very wet doughs is to push it away and scoop it back in a circular motion – the mixture never leaves the work surface or […]

From the Primeval Ooze

… that’s how it feels. Emerging from the tyranny of four years of baking to order. During that time the emphasis had to be on ease of production. Virtually every dough had to fit into the same routine and time frame so that the order was ready to time and of a saleable quality. I […]

The Bakery Cat

You might have noticed that skinny little kitten that sometimes features in Jeremy’s Stir the Pots blog. Well here’s a a real serious bakery cat in full chocolate box pose: Not only do we have a vermin free bakery – look at those claws. No need for a docker, just let her wander across your […]

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ImprovBread

By tonight (Tuesday) I need about six-and-a-half kilos of starter for the week’s mix. I start my build Monday morning. Yesterday morning I found I had 400g of flat, watery looking starter that had been neglected for at least 48 hours. I needed about 150g of this to produce a little over 700g of starter […]

Biscuits

You see Rick, us OAPs are so poor we have to bake our own biscuits – no Hobnobs for us mate. Fortunately we have the wonderful Nina to rely on (recipe)