organic vegetable gardening courses, growing tips and homegrown recipes.
Having tried and enjoyed Virgil Evetts' Swedish rye bread a few months ago, I found the remains of the bag of rye flour I'd bought for the purpose in the pantry. This time I decided to make pumpernickel bread in the bread maker. The previous trial I'd just made the dough in the bread maker and baked it in the oven. I used 'wheat' bread setting on … [Read more...]
Inspired by the gift of some brioche moulds I tried making some brioche this weekend - the rich, yellow, French bread which is almost a pastry and generally served in France with a bowl of milky coffee for breakfast. Various recipes suggested different proportions of fat and eggs. I chose one and adapted it to make the dough in my bread maker. … [Read more...]
I tried Virgil Evetts' swedish rye bread recipe at the weekend, after a whistle stop tour round the supermarket on Friday evening to buy rye flour and molasses. Strangely the latter was located in the health food section and I returned home to find I already had a jar in the pantry that I use to make up active EM spray for the garden. I made the … [Read more...]
I relented with my third batch of Easter buns and added the traditional crosses piped in flour, sugar and water paste*. The final batch came out better than the first two and the crosses were an attractive feature. As with most activities, practice makes perfect. And of course I can never leave the recipe alone entirely. I tried a number of … [Read more...]
This is one of my regular bread-maker bread recipes. It makes superb doorstep BLAT sandwiches. I might try dehydrating some tomatoes next year so I'll be able to make this with my own sun-dried tomatoes. I often add some rosemary or thyme leaves. I make this in a bread maker, adding the ingredients in the order listed. You'll know the order for … [Read more...]
