These buns are the perfect balance between light and airy and full of fiber. The crumb has such a nice bite and the taste is interesting on its own, slightly nutty with a hint of natural sweetness. The recipe is straightforward and can be made in one day. All the spelt and oats go into the poolish / preferment and it makes this wonderful thick… [Read More...]
poolish
Old friends raisin bread – A new favorite!
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This bread has been two years in the making, mainly in our heads and more recently in our ovens. We are truly very happy with this recipe. It was inspired by a phrase in Dutch that goes ‘Ouwe jongens krentenbrood’, which translates as… [Read More...]
Ficelle with sourdough
This slimmer version of the French baguette came about after some experimenting with different types of preferment and flour. The result is a very tasty, crunchy, somewhat chewy and you could even say cute bread with a very interesting taste and… [Read More...]
Sourdough pain naturel
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We started this recipe as a one-off experiment, thinking the result would not be that interesting, compared to the other bread recipes we know and love. But the end result really surprised…
This recipe has a handy dough calculator! Check it out… [Read More...]
Recipe for 80% hydration baguette
I was very intrigued when I saw the baguette recipe posted at the fresh loaf. Several tries and tweakings further, with lots of sharing and baguette debating with Akiko, I can say from the heart that this recipe lives up to it’s expectations… [Read More...]
Our version of a pain rustique
After baking a few hundred Pains Rustiques you could say the recipe for our version of this rustic bread has been tweaked to the max. You get the best of both worlds: the extra flavor of the sourdough and… [Read More...]
Our favorite whole wheat levain loaf
Do you need a bit of encouragement to start making a super healthy whole wheat loaf? Awful childhood memories like me of stale and even rancid bread? Get out and buy the best fresh! organic whole wheat you can find and give this loaf a chance! It is nothing like your memories, it is about … [Read More...]
Baguette boules: The BB recipe
For people who, for various reasons, cannot or will not make baguettes, this bread is a great alternative! And you do not need a mixer. The end result is great, the crumb is moist, lovely and sweet like the baguette, but the shape allows you to have a nice sandwich… [Read More...]
Our ‘ciabatta-focaccia’
Imagine making a dough that looks like pancake batter, but acts like silky bread dough. Imagine a bread moist and tender and velvety in your mouth.
We think making our focaccia with this ciabatta dough was one of the better baking ideas we had over… [Read More...]
Our other french baguette recipe
This method is easier, the recipe has less steps, the dough is less wet than our 80% hydration baguette recipe, and yet this one also yields wonderful baguettes. If you were to … [Read More...]