Bake wholesome #realbread at home with tried and tested recipes from The Bread She Bakes
Tried and tested bread recipes for home baking. Simple, delicious, rewarding – enjoy!
With Australia Day and the Australian Open final at the same weekend, I looked into traditional Australian bread recipes and decided to give the Aussie damper a go. Traditional simplicity Traditionally, Aussie damper bread was… A staple bread for Australians who were travelling in remote areas of the Australian outback for long periods of time in … Read more
Pangrattato (Italian for ‘breadcrumb’) is a flavoursome and crunchy Italian breadcrumb topping, particularly nice as an addition to risotto or pasta dishes. It’s easy to put together and a great way to use up old, stale bread (see also Yasmin’s guest post for more recipe ideas with leftover bread). I first discovered pangrattato with this delicious recipe for Cauliflower Risotto by … Read more
Focaccia is a flattish rustic Italian bread with an open, irregular crumb structure. I love focaccia when it’s moist and chewy without being too oily, when it’s kept simple, with an emphasis on fresh herbs and olive oil flavours. Focaccia dough is fairly wet and sticky, but the addition of olive oil means it’s still pliable, … Read more
Packed with great tasting flax seeds, this flaxseed bread recipe is one of my current favourites. I love baking with rye and use both wholemeal rye flour as well as whole wheat and white wheat flour in the recipe. The result – a robust loaf of wholesome brown bread filled with crunchy seeds. Delicious with butter … Read more
Just a quick post to share the recipe for light rye bread (also referred to as Jewish-style rye bread) I baked at the weekend. This light but fragrant rye bread was perfect for the delicious salt beef sandwiches we served at my friend Mariel’s baby shower. Light rye bread is made with white high-gluten wheat … Read more
The traditional German Christmas bread called Stollen is a rich, sweet fruit bread made with butter, milk, spices and rum-soaked dried fruit and nuts. Here I present my very own version of Xmas Stollen – my sourdough Stollen recipe for all you adventurous bakers out there. To provide some background: I’ve always wanted to be a … Read more
My obsession with bread sparks curious dinner conversations! Do I like paintings featuring bread? I don’t own a bread painting or drawing yet but in principal it sounds like something I could get into… home bread baker and bread art collector – I like it! I’ve taken a look around to see what’s out there. … Read more
I’m just back from one of my family visits in Austria. I really love autumn in Austria and in our garden the ‘Zwetschken’ (a local plum variety; ‘Zwetschgen’ in German) were pretty much ready to be plucked off the tree. So that’s what we did and my granny baked the lovely fresh fruit into some … Read more
Bagels are exciting; not only because of their unique taste but also because the baking process involves boiling the bagels before baking them. It’s this process that creates the wonderfully chewy interior crumb while leaving the outside browned, crisp and shiny. There are two different shaping methods – ‘Rope and loop’: Makes a rounder bagel … Read more
I love experimenting with new flours and was very excited to receive a collection of specialty flours as a recent birthday present (thank you Yasmin!). One of the flours in the bundle was chickpea flour and, as a big fan of chickpea dishes, this was the first flour to enter my bread lab. In this … Read more