27/12/2023
por francis
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Que farei com este blog?

Faz pouco mais de três anos que escrevi algo aqui nesse blog. A displicência é tamanha que o aniversário de 20 anos desse espaço passou completamente em branco. Em março de 2003 escrevi o meu primeiro blog no antigo maneblog.mgate.com.br, … Continue lendo

18/10/2020
por francis
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Zé Raimundo

Estamos em época de campanha eleitoral, o que sempre me faz lembrar de uma campanha em especial, a de 2004. Nessa campanha reencontrei Zé Raimundo, a quem conhecia desde criança por causa dos meus tios e o envolvimento deles todos … Continue lendo

15/10/2020
por francis
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Vida sem Facebook e atualizações

Faz algum tempo que escrevi alguma coisa aqui, exceto receitas de pão em inglês. Parece coisa da ditadura – escrever receitas em jornais – mas, muito embora os tempos estejam sinistros, não foi essa a razão dos posts sobre pães. … Continue lendo

28/08/2020
por francis
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Dutch oven: don’t bake without one

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

12/08/2020
por francis
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It’s the proofing time, stupid!

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

10/08/2020
por francis
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Eureka!

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

07/08/2020
por francis
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Baguette friday!

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

05/08/2020
por francis
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Living and learning

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

03/08/2020
por francis
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Baking on vacation

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

22/07/2020
por francis
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Test: Another go, and finally a (little) ear!

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