Arquivos do Autor: francis

Ok, the title might sound like an exaggeration, but let me tell you this: it was the single most important thing that helped me getting nice, rising and great bread. I’ve started baking sourdough just four months ago. I had … Continue lendo →

Ok, this week I really tried to be patient with my bread making and decided to experiment a bit. I was successful with getting a better rise for my loaf, as described here. What I did was to reduce the … Continue lendo →

Ok, finally I got a result I am happy with and that shows I might be learning something after all. As I have said many times, I am trying to get a bread loaf that grows enough so that I … Continue lendo →

Saturday is my fried eggs day, and I need some nice white bread to eat with them. Therefore I am trying to make some nice white bread rolls/baguettes. Far from perfect, but lately the results have improved. I really worked … Continue lendo →

I think today represents a big shift in my learning path of how to bake bread. I am still doing a lot of things wrong, which is basically the way I work: I need to experiment a lot until I … Continue lendo →

I was looking for my holidays so I could experiment a bit with baking. It was great on my first week when I was home and alone and trying a lot of stuff. I could finally try new flours, other … Continue lendo →

As I said, I am attempting to bake “taller” loaves, and I tried now to lower the hydration and increased a bit the amount of whole flour. I am not super happy with the results – I guess it’s no … Continue lendo →