Bake wholesome #realbread at home with tried and tested recipes from The Bread She Bakes
Heralded as the new vegetable du jour, seaweed has moved firmly into the food trend spotlight. Having played an important part in Asian cooking (most notably Japan, Korea and China) for thousands of years, it’s finally also finding its way from the UK and Irish coastlines into our kitchens. If you are keen to dive into the refreshing world … Read more
Buckwheat galettes are a weekend breakfast staple in our house and the wonderfully distinctive taste of buckwheat flour makes for interesting bread baking too. There is quite a variety of robust tasting breads and bakes you can achieve with buckwheat. Here is my selection of the best buckwheat bread recipes. 10 things to know about buckwheat Buckwheat … Read more
Thank you Flavoury for the delivery of my first box of craft beers! Flavourly is an Edinburgh-based craft beer club, delivering subscription boxes with beers from independent producers across the UK – a great way for beer lovers to discover new tastes and flavours. The box of beers comes with a welcome message, a map to ‘meet … Read more
This is for all bakers who are looking to work with a rye sourdough starter. Making your own rye flour based starter is the first step in the process of making rye sourdough breads. It’ll take you roughly five days to make the starter but you will be rewarded with wonderfully tasty natural rye bread loaves and will no … Read more
Cutting down on sugar has become a big talking point of late. The health conscious look to decrease their sugar intake, whether it’s due to a dietary restriction or just a general health choice. Someone close to me was diagnosed to be at risk of diabetes after a recent health check-up, so cutting down on … Read more
Very happy with this month’s #TwelveLoaves theme as I LOVE crispbreads. Wonderfully practical for snacking, they keep for a long time and are light, thin and snappy! I find rye-based crisp breads particularly tasty, so I’ve opted to make a rye crispbread recipe which is both full of flavour and easy to prepare. If you are … Read more
My second post in the series of ‘Best Bakeries in…’ will actually attempt to cover a whole country. I spend a lot of time in Ireland, vising family and friends, so I have started to compile a list of my favourite bakeries in Ireland. As always, the focus is on #realbread bakeries. For a more comprehensive … Read more
Poppy seeds feature frequently in Austrian baking. Sprinkled on top of bread rolls, mixed into multi-seed wholemeal loaves or swirled up in sweet dessert bakes, they add a wonderful contrast colour, very distinctive earthy flavour and are fun to bake with. Here, I’m showcasing the delightful Mohnstrudel (poppy seed strudel) as one of my favourite poppy seed bakes. In Austria, … Read more
Fancy some homemade pasta without the work and effort usually involved with homemade pasta? German Spätzle pasta – small, squiggly egg dumplings from the Southwest of Germany – are easy to prepare and can be ready in a matter of minutes. German Spätzle Pasta Recipe The flour Austrian flour type 480 (“griffiges Mehl”, flour type 405 … Read more
Buchteln or Rohrnudeln are sweet baked pull-apart yeast buns. These are traditionally filled with jam or baked on a bed of fruit (most commonly plums or damsons). The Buchteln are packed closely in a large baking dish (usually made from enamel) to stick together. They are served warm for afternoon coffee/tea or dessert and even for … Read more