I'm on vacation but the weather in Denmark is not very summery - rain, rain and more rain. At least it's an excuse to stay inside and bake.
This is a bread I baked today, it has been proving in the fridge overnight. The color comes from dark beer (stout), and there's also some wholemeal spelt in it.
I had a slice with some mild goat's cheese - just yummy!
Pics:
[img]http://www.sourdough.com.au/gallery/d/8762-1/x070713_darkbeer.jpg[/img]
[img]http://sourdough.com.au/gallery/d/8764-1/x070713_darkbeercrumb.jpg[/img]
Anybody else baking?
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Hi Nina that loaf looks really nice, I'll bet it is yummy with the cheese. I've also been using wholemeal spelt in a loaf I made the other day I've been getting good oven spring also.
It's a bit cool down here in Brisbane the room temp today was 19c during the night its been really cold using electric blanket on bed.
Good idea about the dark beer going to give it a go.
Normbake
Great bread, Nina!
For some reason, the gallery refuse to let me upload my pix successfully. But I've been baking. Day before yesterday, a very soft and flavourful loaf made from malthouse flour (erm...imported from the UK) and today, it's 11 pm and I've just stopped baking. I made 2 batches of chocolate mixed nuts (pistachio, pecans, walnuts) biscotti, 2 batches of Dan's cheese sticks, and a pithivier. I need to bake a caramel apple cake but am too exhausted. Will do that in the morning. All these, with the exception of the pithivier, are refreshment for a church workshop tomorrow.
Happy holiday!
Shame about the gallery TP, I would have loved to drool over those. Bet there'll be no leftovers from that church workshop...
@Normbake: It hasn't even been 19C in the daytime the past few weeks here.! Coldest and wettest summer I can remember - even for Denmark. Today the weather is nice though, so we're planning a bbq tonight... hope it won't start to rain again.
Hope your bbq went on well, Nina. You've probably seen the 1st two over at Dan's forum; the pix are from an external gallery....excuse the hijack....but [i]you asked for it[/i].
[img]http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d188/Tepee/cheesestks.jpg[/img]
[img]http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d188/Tepee/pithiviers.jpg[/img]
[img]http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d188/Tepee/chocbiscotti.jpg[/img]
p/s...I think your bread photography is just great.
that is just wrong tp, i havent had lunch yet and you have set my stomach going
alex
So.......what did you have for lunch, Alex? Do you bring sandwich made from your own scrumptious breads?
TP, thanks for posting those gorgeous pics *wipes drool off keyboard*
Well, it did start raining in the evening, so no bbq that day. But since then we've been having several(!) days of warm sunny weather, fantastic. Great days for bbq.
Of course, today it's pouring down again.