bread Archives

Italian Mountain Bread Recipe

Rye bread has a robust flavour and aroma and can often be rather dense and sold. This rye bread recipe marries flavour with texture. Scalding a flour that is low …

Pumpkins Galore Gloucestershire

Bake pumpkin bread and scary fougasse or pick a pumpkin

Create a simple sourdough starter

Celebrate Sourdough September

Do you have a sourdough starter? Have you tried making one with no success? Help is at hand! My sourdough starter recipe is so easy to follow.

During Sourdough September the Real Bread Campaign encourages us to eat (and perhaps make) sourdough bread. Real sourdough, we hope, made with just flour, water and salt.

Why make sourdough? Yes, it does take time to create a loaf, but the flavour is so worth it. Sour it doesn’t (or shouldn’t) be. It is also far more easy to suggest and has plenty of fibre.

Gloucestershire Food and Drink: September

Foodie experiences to enjoy this month

Time to discover what’s on in Gloucestershire (and sometimes a little further afield) this month. Cheltenham Food & Drink Week is coming up on the 18th September and there are some foodie treats to book in October at the Cheltenham Literary Festival and in November at the Stroud Book Festival. Head over to Evesham to experience Michelin level food in a rather unexpected venue and of course, treat yourself to an amazing gelato.

Chocolate spread for great chocolate buns

I became a bit obsessed trying to find the right chocolate spread to fill chocolate buns. Of course it had to taste good, but it also needed to work when …

Food books for you

Choose a Food Book for Christmas Favourite books about food and cookbooks for Christmas. Some are new this year, others are classics you might have missed. We’ve chosen our favourites, …

Choose to use a Heritage Wheat in your bread

Heritage Wheats are coming to a bakery near you Can you imagine going to your local artisan bakery and choosing your bread as you might choose a bottle of wine? …

Italian Style Easter Bread

Creating the perfect Italian Style Easter Bread I have tried many recipes for Italian Easter Bread and have been disappointed with how dry the bread turns out. So I have …

Stromboli Recipe – a feast for pizza lovers

This Stromboli recipe is for you if you love pizza Stromboli are delicious. Originally created in Philadelphia in United States, the recipe starts with pizza dough and is filled, rolled …

Baba Napolitana

Make delicious orange soaked baba napolitana You might be familiar with rum babas? This is the Italian version, hailing from Napoli. It’s often made for celebrations including Christmas. It’s a …