I’m in bread making mode at the moment and for me it doesn’t matter a jot whether the dough is made in my breadmaker or in the food mixer, there’s one thing for sure it won’t be me kneading the dough for 10 minutes my arms just aren’t strong enough! I bought an artisan malted…
I’ve never had anything other than success making dough in the breadmaker and find most recipes work out absolutely fine, I just keep an eye out to see if the dough needs more water adding. If you’ve not used your breadmaker for a while, I guarantee this is a recipe you will make time and…
Bread makers are perfect for making bread dough – from adding a few ingredients to the pan, setting the menu and getting the finished dough out of the pan it took less than an hour. When the dough was ready I rolled it out to fit into a non-stick tray which I sprinkled with semolina…
I’m experimenting with the Thermomix TM5 and comparing it to my other kitchen gadgets, halving the quantities in a bread recipe was this weeks project. It’s certainly a great machine for mixing and kneading the dough but if you’re contemplating buying one please be aware that you can’t leave the machine unattended whilst it’s mixing…
I love homemade focaccia and walnuts in bread always work well. The dough uses a mix of strong white bread flour, OO Italian pasta flour and mashed potato from a baked jacket potato, this produced a very light crumb. The baked focaccia is lovely dipped into extra virgin olive oil and balsamic vinegar. Any leftover…
I love a ‘bit of nostalgia’, and milk bread baked in a cylindrical ribbed tin brings back memories of my childhood and hopefully my other reader remembers this wonderful soft and tasty loaf of bread too! I can’t recall anything as fancy as sharing bread though. I made this last week to go with our…
Finger Rolls or are they Bridge Rolls? Either way they are very light and tender due to the milk content. We ate ours with sausages, lightly fried red onions and a good squeeze of sauce. Conventional Recipe Using a Stand Mixer Makes: 121 eggmilk1 tsp dried instant yeast500g strong white bread flour1 tsp salt1 tbsp…
I bought these plums on a whim from the supermarket, they’re what I call the dreaded ‘ripen at home’ which often translates to ‘never will ripen at home’. Why do I do it? This time they were kind to me and ripened at home in a good 10 days after purchase without going mouldy which…
Do you think Nigel will approve of the way I have decorated the cake? I am guessing not, but I fell in love with these little coffee cup chocolates and decorated my coffee and walnut cake with them instead of the usual walnuts. Well, it is coming up to Christmas………..and if it looks good and…
Quiche isn’t just for the summer, it’s fabulous with salad vegetables, home made coleslaw and chunky slices of crusty bread. I used a mixture of Cheddar and Leicester cheese, I used to live in Leicestershire and so it follows that a piece of Leicester cheese can often be found in my fridge. The blueprint for…
