Johnny

Joined: 2009 February 28

Location:

Shalom House Of Prayer, Carcoar NSW, Australia

Interests:

bushwalking, art, architecture, artisan bread, travel

Posts: 18

Comments: 144

Points: 195

Xmas Nibbles

I love trying out cooking something new when you have family and friends over for Christmas drinks. So when my wife invited our neighbours...Read more

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Companion Roasted Pumpkin

Well I finally got around to making Graham's roasted pumpkin bread and I am very happy with the results for a first attempt. I left the...Read more

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Saturday Pizzas and Kouign Amann

I seem to keep accumulating sourdough starter in my fridge (I hate to throw anything out) and every now and then I mix all my left over...Read more

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The Quest for Exceptional Organoleptic Bread

Lately I have been looking for a good local source of organic, stone-ground unbleached whole wheat flour at a reasonable cost. My search to...Read more

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Companion Romano cheese and celery

I've been meaning to have a go at Graham's Romano-Celery Sourdough ever since I saw those scrumscious photos and he posted his method . I...Read more

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My Daily Bread

Well actually more like my weekly bread. I still bake every weekend and make my 2 loaves for the week. So I have not posted for a while and...Read more

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Still trying with Rye

Tried another Rye variation this weekend. This one had 50% light rye and 10% cracked rye & rolled rye and oat flakes in a soaker. I don...Read more

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Ciabatta arancia with sprouted wheat

Not quite sure what to call this but I took Mr P's idea of blitzing a whole orange and adding it into one of my ciabatta sourdoughs this...Read more

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Ciabatta integrale - (a wholemeal ciabatta with multi-grains)

Really I was just in search of a nice fat loaf of sourdough with big fat holes and a moist chewy crumb. After seeing the remarkable effects...Read more

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Big fat loaves with big fat holes

I love big fat loaves with big fat holes, so I have been experimenting with high hydration sourdough and using a soaker with mixed grains...Read more

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Rolled Oat and Apple Bread-a version of Dan Lepard's chewy moist bread

This Oat and Apple bread is from Dan Lepard's wonderful book The handmade loaf which has some great bread recipes, fantastic photos and...Read more

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Panmarino - Italian Rosemary Bread

This bread is called a Panmarino and when I first read about it in Carol Field's The Italian Baker , the story of this bread was so...Read more

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Seven Hour Lamb and Sourdough Breads

Last weekend we had friends over for dinner and I really wanted to show off my new sourdough bread making skills. So when planning the...Read more

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Semolina Cranberries and Fennel Seed Bread

My take on converting this very tasty bread based on Susan’s Wild Yeast recipe. I went for 47% preferment in the final dough because it is...Read more

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Ciabatta ai Funghi adapted from Carol Field's Mushroom Bread Recipe

This is my first experiment converting a recipe using commercial yeast to a sourdough one. I chose a recipe for Mushroom Bread from Carol...Read more

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How do I convert recipes?

I have been wanting to expand my sourdough baking and try different recipes so I finally bought myself a copy of The Handmade Loaf by Dan...Read more

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Infused Oil to add Flavour

Tried something new this week. A Caraway Seed and Light-Rye Boule. It turned out pretty good. I love the peppery slightly anise taste of...Read more

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Thanks for all the great advice and inspiration

It all started with a pizza night. I made my own pizza base and enjoyed playing with the dough and going on-line looking for instructions...Read more

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