Home
Breadmaking courses
Reviews
Blog posts
Contact / More info

Local Produce

Squashes and pumpkins make great soup

Top Seven Reasons to Visit the Abergavenny Food Festival
Top 7 foods and drinks you’ve got to try
The Ethicurean Restaurant: good food with a conscience
Tasting beer at Hillside Brewery
Seven bites around the Severn
My 7 foodie favourites in 2016
Make the most of asparagus
How to eat Artichokes and Asparagus
How do you take your milk? In bottles or plastic cartons?
Gourmet pizzas and ciders at the Stable
Get yourself in a perfect pickle
Get growing mushrooms
Discovering Cotswolds food and drink

Share Tweet Pin it +1

Welcome to Severn Bites

Welcome to Severn Bites. I’m Danielle, a French trained bread baker, World Bread Awards Judge and Real Bread Campaign Ambassador. Join one of my breadmaking classes. More...

Book Now

Online breadbaking skills £20.00
Bake Better Bread £80.00
Sourdough Basics Online £60.00
Buying a Rofco oven? Let me help you bake great bread £15.00
Breadmaking courses in person
Rated 5.00 out of 5
£70.00
Breadmaking at your location
Rated 5.00 out of 5
£100.00
Buy a Personalised Breadmaking Voucher £10.00 – £175.00

Latest Blog Posts

Let’s talk muffins, bread muffins
03/05/2021
Leeks Kerala Style
08/03/2021
Bake Better Bread: Salt
20/02/2021
Japanese Milk Bread. Yudane vs Tangzhong
25/01/2021
Galette des Rois – King Cake
11/01/2021
Food and Cookery books for your wish list
17/11/2020

Danielle Ellis - Breadmaking classes

Danielle Ellis - Breadmaking classes

@BreadBakerDani

When we lived in Edinburgh a Selkirk Bannick from the Borders was an occasional treat. Husband commented it is ages since we had one. Here’s a bannock created from Sue Lawrence’s recipe. It’s a fruited Easter loaf. The… 📸 instagram.com/p/COpa… via tweet.photo pic.twitter.com/2T39…

09:30 · 09/05/2021

Danielle Ellis - Breadmaking classes

Danielle Ellis - Breadmaking classes

@BreadBakerDani

@TheRegencyCook As long as there are no wobbly bits!

13:01 · 08/05/2021

Danielle Ellis - Breadmaking classes

Danielle Ellis - Breadmaking classes

@BreadBakerDani

@Kavey Me too - EdinburghFoody

08:33 · 07/05/2021

Danielle Ellis - Breadmaking classes

Danielle Ellis - Breadmaking classes

@BreadBakerDani

@Kavey I can't believe it is so long!

07:20 · 07/05/2021

Follow @Breadbakerdani

Bread posts

A visit to Europain Paris
Bake Better Bread: Autolyse
Bake Better Bread: Baker’s Percentages
Bake Better Bread: Bread Books
Bake Better Bread: Bread making equipment essentials
Bake Better Bread: Busting the Breadmaking Myths
Bake Better Bread: Choosing and buying bread flour
Bake Better Bread: French Flour
Bake better bread: Fresh Yeast
Bake Better Bread: Pre ferment – Pâte fermentée

Facebook Twitter Instagram Pinterest

Instagram

breadbakerdani

Tailored one to one breadmaking classes online, #realbreadcampaign ambassador; Rofco oven tutor, #breadchat founder #worldbreadawards judge

When we lived in Edinburgh a Selkirk Bannick from

When we lived in Edinburgh a Selkirk Bannick from the Borders was an occasional treat. Husband commented it is ages since we had one. Here’s a bannock created from Sue Lawrence’s recipe. It’s a fruited Easter loaf. The result is fine but not what we remember. I now discover from the producer’s Alex Dalgety and Sons website that their version is fermented over 20 hours. Back to the drawing board! We eat this toasted with plenty of butter. #selkirkbannock #bannock #teabread #afternoontea #scottishrecipes

I love listening to podcasts and one of my favouri

I love listening to podcasts and one of my favourite is the Storied Recipe podcast - an hour long chat about food, family and culture. Recently, the host Becky Hadeed interviewed me - what a great experience! I feel as if I have gained a new friend.

Each interviewee shares one recipe for Becky and the listeners to try.

With this in mind, Anisa (@thewonkystove) and Dora (@mgracebackshop) have created a challenge for all listeners to The Storied Recipe Podcast. They want to spread and share the stories and your cherished recipes. Anisa and Dora curate the #foodwomenpower hashtag

They are challenging you to try any recipe from a Storied Recipe Podcast guest! See the link in my bio to my episode and my recipe and a list of all the recipes you could try.

This is NOT a photography challenge. The point is simply to go outside our comfort zones and try something new. So while there WILL be winners, he or she will be chosen at random. Huge thanks to Yessica Duque, a Storied Recipe Podcast guest herself, for sponsoring the challenge. She'll be offering a free backdrop from her backdrop shop to the randomly chosen winners. AND I am offering a half hour Zoom call to answer any/all breadmaking questions to 2 winners.

All you have to do during the week of May 10th to May 17th is to make and share a picture of my recipe (or one of the others featured) and tag the following hashtags/people:
#foodwomenpower
@thewonkystove
@mgracebakeshop
@thestoriedrecipe.podcast
@ydbackdrops
@breadbakerdani

Just had to keep experimenting with the sweet hot

Just had to keep experimenting with the sweet hot water pastry - this time filled with blueberries. Difficult to tell from the photo but this is a two person pie rather than an individual pie. Since discovered that blackcurrants were used after the gooseberries went out of season in the original Oldbury pie recipe. Flavour needed to be a bit more tangy this time! #hotwatercrustpastry #pastrychef #traditionalrecipe #blueberries #blueberrypie

Recently bread muffins became a bit of an obsessio

Recently bread muffins became a bit of an obsession, so now it’s Time to share my recipe. Link to the recipe in bio (hope you like the new easier links to follow!)loved looking into the history of what was a British classic now often called English Muffins. First recipes published in the 1760s but the recipe probably dates even further back. .
These are great for breakfast or brunch and particularly with Eggs Benedict. Baking on a griddle or heavy pan by far the easiest way to achieve perfection . Thanks to the #breadchat team for inspiration #breadmuffin #englishmuffin #englishmuffins #brunch #breakfastideas #instarecipe

What is it about a cottage loaf that always makes

What is it about a cottage loaf that always makes me smile? I love popping the two balls of dough on top of each other then plunging my thumb into join them..
Unusually this is a yeasted dough with organic white and heritage wheat flours from @shiptonmill ,Sourdough starter added for flavour and toasted sunflower seeds. A delicious moist loaf for Saturday lunch. #cottageloaf #realbread #sunflowerbread #breadmaking #breadbaker #bakebetterbread

This is my Pide Turkish flat bread topped with whi

This is my Pide Turkish flat bread topped with white and black sesame seeds, yogurt, eggs and oil. .
Realised that the markings on the top should have been made just before baking instead of before second prove. .
I made the bread with 20% barley and 80% white organic flours and fresh yeast. I’ll be making this again with a few tweaks! #pide #turkishbread #breadmaking #breadclass

Bet you can’t guess the filling for these! Have

Bet you can’t guess the filling for these! Have been seeking a traditional recipe from Gloucestershire and discovered the recipe for Oldbury Tarts from Oldbury on Severn. Possibly dating back 200 years. .
These are made with sweet hot water pastry and filled with gooseberry(from the freezer). Pastry Recipe adapted from @chefcalum ‘s book the Pie Room. A bit of a work-in-progress but a tasty result. First time making sweet hot water pastry. Big thanks to @steph.clubb for her guidance. Definitely a recipe to keep. Will share when refined! #hotwaterpastry #oldburytart #oldburyonsevern #pastry #dessert #gooseberries #gloucestershire #traditionalrecipe

Do you love anything citrus? I do. It’s hard to

Do you love anything citrus? I do. It’s hard to beat a lemon meringue pie - especially if you get to play with the blow torch! #lemonmeringuepie #lemonmeringue #lemontart #lemondessert

I am a bit obsessed with rhubarb muffins at the mo

I am a bit obsessed with rhubarb muffins at the moment. This is the latest version topped with a mix of chopped hazelnuts, sugar and butter. Making the muffins with molasses sugar meant adding more buttermilk. Cooked chopped rhubarb added. This makes it moist but it disappears into the mixture. #rhubarbmuffins #muffins #cakeofinstagram #rhubarbcake

Beautiful buttery croissants made with @theedinbur

Beautiful buttery croissants made with @theedinburghbutterco butter and Type 55 French flour. Yeasted but with sourdough starter for extra flavour. So worth making your own! Ready for a buttery treat? #croissants #frenchpastry #scottisbutter #breakfastcroissant

Organic stone ground barley flour from naked barle

Organic stone ground barley flour from naked barley milled at Y Felin St Dogmaels water mill transformed into these sourdough loaves. Such beautiful flour and easy to work. Smells amazing.
Grown at Green Acres Farm Shropshire. Teamed with @shiptonmill organic No. 4 flour. A huge thank you to Miller Emma for sending the flour to try #barleyflour #stonegroundflour #organicflour #nakedbarley #sourdough #realbread

A fabulous day here. New hair cut and raring to go

A fabulous day here. New hair cut and raring to go! Two lovely loaves, for the second with the sound on you’ll find the crackle.

If you don’t make bread yourself, seek out your local artisan baker. Search for Real Bread Map and then put in your town or postcode and voila plenty to choose from. The taste of well baked bread can’t be beaten. Farmers markets usually have a bread stall. Inspired to make your own? Set up a one to one session with me! #realbread #breadmaking #artisanbread #artisanbaker

Load More… Follow on Instagram

© 2020 Severn Bites

Home
Breadmaking courses
Reviews
Blog posts
Contact / More info