The other day I bought some rye flour and decided I would try making a sourdough rye. The intelligent thing to do would have been to lever the knowledge of someone with a little expertise and follow a formula. Did I do that? Nope. For… Read More
Today I baked the seventh loaf from my current sourdough monster. Until this loaf I’ve been exclusively using the “no-knead” Lahey method and the results have been consistently fabulous. I neglected to get a dough going last night and mid-morning today I decided it… Read More
This morning I baked a sourdough loaf with olives! I used those briny crinkled black olives, cutting a handful of them off the pits. After the initial overnight rise, I placed the dough on a towel coated generously with corn meal and spelt flour, then… Read More
Before turning in last night, I prepared a bread dough – again using my sourdough monster – so it would be ready to bake this morning. This is a no-knead loaf, and is loaf #3 from this starter. I’m using standard grocery store bread flour,… Read More
I baked another sourdough loaf this evening after leaving the dough to rise for 12 hours + another half hour loosely wrapped in a tea towel well coated with corn meal and flour. Once again I used my sourdough monster rather than a commercial yeast… Read More
The last couple posts on this blog have been about sourdough bread, so I thought I’d continue and show you the monster. I keep it in a Tupperware-type container. I’ve cut a couple holes in the lid because air circulation seems to be needed. I’ve… Read More
As it turned out my test loaf using the new sourdough monster was wonderful. The crust was nicely developed, the bread had that distinctive sourdough flavour and a beautiful texture with a nice bit of chew about it. We destroyed it in short order.
I’ve been occasionally baking no-knead bread in a Dutch oven over the past few months. A couple weeks ago I captured and developed a sourdough monster with the intention of using the same Lahey method only using wild yeast – the monster – rather than… Read More
I like to make some of the traditional Polish foods at Christmas, the ones my mom used to make for the family – because it reminds me of Christmases past, growing up, and of my family. There is one particular food which is totally a… Read More
I have a weakness for home-made bread. I made this one using the Lahey method, and to do that I started the dough rising last night and baked it mid-day today. Following this simple process, it’s dead easy to make bread of the… Read More
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