ah ok, just looked at my pics too and you cant really see anything but sesame tooOh it’s everything spice except I didn’t have garlic or onion flakes so it’s just powder.
Enjoy!
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ah ok, just looked at my pics too and you cant really see anything but sesame tooOh it’s everything spice except I didn’t have garlic or onion flakes so it’s just powder.
Yeah it does look like the most tricky part of the bake. Watched a few videos on it. Think I'll give it a shot tomorrow!
Looks great!Here's the batch I made last year:
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Looks great!
Finished my first batch now the knotting is a bit iffy - excuse to make again.
House smells amazing! Cant wait to taste!
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DO IT!now I need to make it again
Last round of baking for the year. another use of bees wax light mixture of beeswax and butter to coat moulds
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its def worth it.Have always wanted to make these. They look simply incredible
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It keeps getting better. Just love the learning process with sourdough.
Yeah well I got the smaller pot to help with the oven rise and I definitely think it’s a factor. The crust is delightfully chewy. But the biggest factor for me has been timing the starter so it’s at peak, and also learning how to work with a wetter dough.Very nice!
Do you find that using a smaller pot like that which just barely fits around the bread helps a lot with the oven spring?
I baked a bread at a friend in a Le Creuset pot that only just fit and it was my best bread ever and all I can think is that the restrictive nature of the pot pushed it up.
Been looking at the optional bread kit for my KitchenAid and noted the pot is also seemingly tiny. Only issue then is that round is the only option.
Made this one on Sunday…then forgot it in the fridge until today.
Needless to say all the air buggered off. It’s not actually as dense as I suspected but definitely has an over fermented taste.
Next time will set a reminder.
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Yeah well I got the smaller pot to help with the oven rise and I definitely think it’s a factor. The crust is delightfully chewy. But the biggest factor for me has been timing the starter so it’s at peak, and also learning how to work with a wetter dough.
A weekend of breadmaking. Rosemary garlic tear & share and a no-knead olive bread, both recipes from Sally's Baking Addiction. Also discovered that the pc corner is much better for proving than the kitchenView attachment 1470237View attachment 1470241View attachment 1470243
Whilst I was mining btc I used the heat from the pc in winter to prove bread as wellA weekend of breadmaking. Rosemary garlic tear & share and a no-knead olive bread, both recipes from Sally's Baking Addiction. Also discovered that the pc corner is much better for proving than the kitchenView attachment 1470237View attachment 1470241View attachment 1470243
So I made malva pudding for the first time, no photos, as it was polished off way to quickly, but can confirm this is a winner:
Only ingredient I did not have was evaporated milk, but it was easy to make.
My malva recipe is just milk and cream no other milks straight outta the boerekos cookbook vol 1What did you use instead?
Another one! Slow fermented last two days using starter grape must from the above experiment from a year ago.When two of my favorite hobbies collide.
Took this wild yeast I gathered from grapes months ago baked mosbolletjies. Kept some yeast in a starter and converted it to beer wort.
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And turned it into one of my favourite batches of beer! Its a beautiful milk stout, brewed with the wild caught yeast, aged on bourbon soaked oak chips and ready to drink!
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