I first learned to make bread 40 years ago, when I went to a demonstration at Eling Tide Mill in Southampton. I wouldn't say I am an artisan bread maker but my bread is tasty, and filling in a good way, from good ingredients, rather than being "heavy" - not like the supermarket bread which only fills you up if you eat half the loaf at a sitting and has nasties in it such as hydrogonated or fractionated fats! Mine has only 4 ingredients - bread flour, salt, a knob of butter and yeast, plus warm water. I usually use fresh yeast for preference, but dried yeast works just as well. Yesterday I made Pizza dough, and the resulting pizzas were scrummy - even if not the thin bakestone type!
I have recently been reading rave reviews for bread made with a much wetter no knead dough, which I am going off to try now, having watched two videos on You Tube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7_kmSalsNgM&feature=related and http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GG6aAj4Oloc
Here's one I made earlier and I was quite happy with that!!!
Brilliant the video with the dog, and the bread looked good, even though he did'nt use bread flour. Have'nt got a dutch oven though, in any shape or form, my creuset is too small.
ReplyDeleteVery adventurous BB - that loaf looks much better than anything I could buy in Tesco!
ReplyDeleteGood for you trying out different recipes.
ReplyDeleteI have a breadmaker which I wouldn't be without having weak hands for kneading bread.
Did you know that shop bought bread has an anti fungal agent in it that is linked to cancers? Home made is a thousand times better and much more tasty.