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Discover my breadmaking tips, techniques and recipes to help you make better bread every time. I use these techniques in my classes.
Savoury Tear and Share Pesto Rolls Recipe
Pesto Bread Pesto filled tear and share bread is a fun recipe to make and …
Italian Potato Bread – Abruzzo Style
This Italian bread is typically found in the inland areas of Abruzzo particularly in L’Aquila …
Create a simple sourdough starter
The easy way to make a sourdough starter Do you have a sourdough starter? Have …
Bake Better Bread: Temperature
Why dough temperature is so important Do you think about water temperature you add to …
Bake Better Bread: Baker’s Percentages
Baker’s Percentages will make your bread consistent When I first learnt about Baker’s percentages (sometimes …
Baker Better Bread: Baking in the Rofco
Successfully baking bread in the Rofco oven It’s quite a shock when you start baking …
Bake Better Bread: Pre ferment – Pâte fermentée
Why use a pre-ferment? Baker’s used to use old dough. Nowadays it’s Pâte fermentée Using …
Bake Better Bread: French Flour
Why Choose French Flour? For an authentic French loaf whether it is a baguette, pain …
Cotswold Cider Bread Recipe
Make Cider Bread Why make bread with cider? It’s a heavenly mix of seeds, oats …
Bread making equipment essentials
What bread making equipment do you need to make great bread? Once you start making …
Japanese Milk Bread. Yudane vs Tangzhong
For a light fluffy bread, Tangzhong and Yudane really work Tangzhong and Yudane are techniques …
Bake Better Bread: Using heat and steam
Use heat and steam to improve your bread If you’ve taken time over your bread …
Bake Better Bread: Not everything you read about making bread is true
Bread recipes are not always right What exactly are cookery book writers telling you in …
Mini berry rum baba recipe
A delicious afternoon treat Bread is my thing and I particularly love making sweet doughs …
Chocolate spread and Chocolate buns
I became a bit obsessed trying to find the right chocolate spread to fill chocolate …
Bread heaven at World Bread Awards
Judging in the World Bread Awards 2024: The World Bread Awards are currently on hold …
Baba Napolitana
A versatile, orange and rum soaked baba You might be familiar with rum babas? This …
Bake Better Bread: Salt
Is salt important in breadmaking? Yes! Salt Awareness Week suggest we should reduce the amount …
Let’s Bake English muffins
Make Bread Muffins, a British Classic Often the only time we get to eat bread …
