Dear Bakers
I've dug into our burgeoning bag of bake-off suggestions and pulled out Flatbreads. However, flatbreads run into a seemingly endless list of breads. We have pizza, pita, focaccia, ciabatta, cracker, naan, pancake (oh...there are chinese versions too), injera, paratha, tortilla, chappati, and many, many exotic versions which I'm sure we'll be delighted to explore. We need to set some parameters. Ok, so we'll miss out on a few days deliberating on this...but we've got a month and more. Let's do it. For starters, I suggest grouping them into:
1. Flatbreads (I) - non-leavened: Tortilla, chappati, paratha, cracker. Although these do not require yeasties in them, nothing to stop us from adding in sourdough for flavour, right?
2. Flatbreads (II) - leavened: Focaccia, ciabatta, naan
3. Flatbreads (III) - Pizza
We'll tackle this over 2 days, ok?
TP
I've dug into our burgeoning bag of bake-off suggestions and pulled out Flatbreads. However, flatbreads run into a seemingly endless list of breads. We have pizza, pita, focaccia, ciabatta, cracker, naan, pancake (oh...there are chinese versions too), injera, paratha, tortilla, chappati, and many, many exotic versions which I'm sure we'll be delighted to explore. We need to set some parameters. Ok, so we'll miss out on a few days deliberating on this...but we've got a month and more. Let's do it. For starters, I suggest grouping them into:
1. Flatbreads (I) - non-leavened: Tortilla, chappati, paratha, cracker. Although these do not require yeasties in them, nothing to stop us from adding in sourdough for flavour, right?
2. Flatbreads (II) - leavened: Focaccia, ciabatta, naan
3. Flatbreads (III) - Pizza
We'll tackle this over 2 days, ok?
TP
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Here is a picture of some Naan I made with yeast just to get people in the mood.
[img]http://djardine.mooo.com/albums/BBQ/P2030570.JPG[/img]
Hightech crackers from Alford and Duguid's "Flatbreads"
[img]http://sourdough.com/gallery2/gallery/d/13975-1/DSC03594.JPG[/img]
[img]http://sourdough.com/gallery2/gallery/d/13977-1/DSC03595.JPG[/img]
[img]http://sourdough.com/gallery2/gallery/d/13979-1/DSC03598.JPG[/img]
for whetting our appetite. I'm sorry I wasn't clear; I was hoping we could decide on whether to have SEPARATE threads or an ALL-in-ONE thread before we started. Could we do that first? Thank you.
TP
The list is not exhaustive.
Flatbreads (I) - leavened: Focaccia, ciabatta, naan....
Flatbreads (II) - non-leavened: Tortilla, chappati, paratha, cracker...
Flatbreads (III): Pizza
Will keep this thread open for folks to drop in their 2 cents. For the actual bake-off, please go here.
TP