It’s mesmerizing, isn’t it? Can you imagine what’s being whipped around in the mixer? Pancake batter? Icing for a cake? Nope. Bread dough. This is the ultra-high hydration olive oil brioche from the book Tartine Bread. I mixed this up…
It’s mesmerizing, isn’t it? Can you imagine what’s being whipped around in the mixer? Pancake batter? Icing for a cake? Nope. Bread dough. This is the ultra-high hydration olive oil brioche from the book Tartine Bread. I mixed this up…
Last night I whipped up two batches of cranberry walnut brioche. I used ten eggs and one pound of butter. Hey, nobody said this was health food. But I contend that because it doesn’t use any unpronounceable ingredients, it is…
I think some people may have been put off by my last post. I can assure you that there are no maggots or grubs in this posting. It is squirm free!* The cranberry walnut brioche is selling like…well, I’d say…
Ecce panem nostrum quotidianum! Picture 1035 Picture 1033 This brioche is as rich as it looks, flaky and with just enough sweetness. I was worried the cranberries and walnuts would leach out odd colors into the dough but it turned…
Last night I made two new breads. First was the potato rosemary. It came out prettier than I expected. I would show you a picture here… …but I don’t have my camera. Imagine, my children. Second was a brioche base…
With family in town, I was freed up yesterday to do some serious cooking and baking while Baby Harbat was entertained by her uncle and auntie. On the bread front, I worked on a sourdough boule, which came out pretty…