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Japanese Milk Bread. Yudane vs Tangzhong

Sliced Japanese Milk Bread

For a light fluffy bread, Tangzhong and Yudane really work Japanese Milk bread is a light fluffy bread. One of those breads that once you start eating  you just don’t …

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Bake Better Bread: Bread making equipment essentials

Tins, rolling pin and refractory stone

What bread making equipment do you need to make great bread? Bread making at home is not difficult. It’s too easy to go mad and buy all sorts of equipment …

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Baker Better Bread: Baking in the Rofco

Bread in Rofco

Successfully baking bread in the Rofco oven Baking for yourself It’s quite a shock when you start baking bread for yourself. Justifying a bread oven when you’re not sure how …

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Bake Better Bread: Baker’s Percentages

Baker's Percentages

Baker’s Percentages will make your bread consistent When I first learnt about Baker’s percentages, I wondered why on earth I hadn’t heard of it before. Why was this easy way …

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Bake better bread: Fresh Yeast

Fresh yeast is sold in cubes or blocks

Use fresh yeast to improve your bread recipe Do you think that fresh yeast is difficult to use? What yeast do you use in your bread? Let’s bust some myths. …

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Learn to bake bread with Danielle Ellis a French trained baker, Choose from in-person and online classes More...

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Small group breadmaking classes in person & online; mentor to microbakers, Rofco expert, Food and Bread judge #bakebetterbread #gloucestershire

Danielle Ellis Breadbakerdani
Ignore those constant messages to cheat and buy it Ignore those constant messages to cheat and buy it yourself. make pastry! 160gr flour, 90 gr butter, 1 egg, pinch of salt. Roll and then chill. Blind bake for added crispness. Read recipe on Substack or CDssk me for link  #pastry #pastryrecipe
When I trained in France, to start with I found ma When I trained in France, to start with I found making croissants a challenge. Now they are one of my favourite things to bake. I've been trying out the @lunecroissant recipe. 

Their cookbook is just one of my recommended list chosen for you this Christmas with a distinctly international flavour. Link to Substack article in bio
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Anatomy of a loaf: A step by step reflection on ho Anatomy of a loaf: A step by step reflection on how I created a delicious rye, hazelnut and honey loaf. 

How to add flours with less gluten, and when to add your dry ingredients. Dream your next best loaf

Link to post in bio. https://open.substack.com/pub/severnbites/p/how-to-add-flavour-to-your-bread
Woke up thinking of the flavours I’d add to my d Woke up thinking of the flavours I’d add to my dough today. Scalded rye; T65 and light malthouse teamed with roasted hazelnuts and pumpkin oil. Golden goodness! Loving using fresh yeast to me it makes all the difference. #realbread #freshyeast #madeingloucestershire #breadclass #hazelnutbread @foricherlesmoulins @shiptonmill
In praise of the apron! Aprons are more than just In praise of the apron! Aprons are more than just a piece of fabric to protect our clothes while cooking. They are a symbol of professionalism and dedication in the culinary world.  But possibly more than that. An apron is our armour. To show we mean business and know what we are doing! 

What does your apron say about you?

My latest post on Substack. Link in bio. #aprons #apronlove
Financier with Pinenuts. Recipe by @christophefeld Financier with Pinenuts. Recipe by @christophefelder and Camille Lesecq @foudepatisserie - a lovely crunchy topping and buttery inside. If you love baking and can read French the digital version of @foudepatisserie is always an inspiration! #financiers #pinenuts #frenchbaking @afternoontea #mapetitebiscuiterie
Yet again Bread Week on Great British Bake Off set Yet again Bread Week on Great British Bake Off sets the participants up to fail. I've written a Substack post - link in bio - to emphasise the need to take TIME. 

How many times did the man mention the bread was under proved? I gave up counting. 

It isn't just time to prove, it is time to soak, time to shape and rest, time to bake .....

It is such a shame, as this is practically the only place where we see bread being made on TV. On Bake Off Professionals, when anything yeasted is included there are often problems there too. 

We have so many truly wonderful bakeries in this country. How about bringing back the series where they are visited and valued or import the format of Meilleure Boulangerie (best bakery) from France. #GBBO #breadmaking #breadclass #gloucestershire #cottageloaf
It might be the last day of #sourdoughseptember bu It might be the last day of #sourdoughseptember but there’s always time to get your starter going and making some crackers too. Link in bio to recipe #wearerealbread
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