Bread-making advice ...

[Palustris]

We looked at the Flour site too, very interesting. BUT to get the best price on P&P would mean having more flour than we could use in the 6 months it would keep for. Boo hoo!

[Palustris]

[NattyEm]

shame we don't all live nearer, we could get a bulk delivery and split it!

Actually we're lucky to have a great wholefoods shop in Weymouth that sells a variety of flours including things like millet and spelt and gram flour, and also for even yummier flours down the road in Bridport there is a fantastic bakery that sells just about every bread you could ever wish for and they sell their flour too.  They get a lot of it from a mill in Dorset milled the traditional way.  So its all local :)

[cookie]

If you ask very nicely, the bakery at Tescos will give you 2ozs of fresh yeast free!!!Doves organic flour is nice ;but i have to agree with tim, hands make better bread

[tim]

Yeast? Yes, here they used to - until it became competitive??

[Mrs Ava]

Tim, just wanted to say, I bought some fresh yeast today and made a herby oniony tomato loaf to have with pasta, and a plain one for the kids, and for the first time ever I placed a tray in the bottom of the oven full of freshly boiled water.  What a difference it makes, the bread is soft, yet crispy and has a much softer, doughy texture, not at all dry, and it is as light as a feather!  Now the danger is, not eating the whole loaf between Ava and I infront of the fire tonite as the rotten weather comes in!

[NattyEm]

...and a plain one for the kids......

meany! :P

[Mrs Ava]

Gotta be joking!  They won't eat bread with 'bits' in it.  I have to disguise brown bread if it is really brown either by toasting or lashings of toppings.

[NattyEm]

mine are the opposite!  Complain if its not garlicy enough, and love bits.  I can't remember the last time we had white bread!

[cookie]

bread with bits in!  yum, yum. our favourite has olives and sun dried tomatoes in, next best, red onion and thyme :) :) :) :)

[Debs]

Tim,

I too have tried your steaming method... what a success!!

Have now got the bread-making bug ;D

Debs

[NattyEm]

I made semolina bread yesterday, a bit dense for my liking but still yummy especially makes good toast *munch munch*