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Looks really good 
Cooking with Jonny69: baking bread.
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You sure your using the oven and not the GrillI say in jest but it looks like it either that or the bottom element in your oven has died!
Sides and bottom being soft that way indicates no heat, I would be getting your oven checked out!
I'm sure its on the oven setting.
I hope it hasn't died but I wouldn't be surprised. Opening the door of the oven and seeing the label "B&Q Value" never fills me with confidence.
Would have to speak to the landlord but I doubt she'd like to hear her oven is messed up. Eek.
Depending on the type of oven you either have two elements one top one bottom or one on each side. Unless its a fan assisted where there is one element at the back in an O shape with a fan in the middle to provide circulation.
Going by the way you have burned the top I would say its a top and bottom element and the bottom one has died, usually very easy to replace if you dont mind playing around with 300V @40amps!
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The landlady is actually coming over tomorrow but the oven is long overdue a proper clean and I don't know if I should point out how dirty it is by asking her to get it sorted.. Hmm..
When thinking about it, it makes sense, often things in the oven end up not cooked or cold on the bottom.
Looks really good
Believe it or not that's exactly the joke we were thinking of and why I even gave her an Egg in a Bap in the first place, Haha.
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Lol.. Always good to hear someone else appreciates Alan Partridge too 
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My focaccio is sat in the bowl rising at the moment. Gonna have it with lemon prawn pasta this evening.
Edit: Voila!
First loaf of bread I've ever baked. Well happy, it tastes fantastic. Thanks for the inspiration Stan.
After trawling the thread I think English muffins are next on my list.
Edit: Voila!
First loaf of bread I've ever baked. Well happy, it tastes fantastic. Thanks for the inspiration Stan.
After trawling the thread I think English muffins are next on my list.
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keep wanting to buy a bread maker so i can make pizza dough
seems panasonic are the ones to go for but at around £100 its a bit of a waste if i get bored quick :S
You sure your using the oven and not the Grill
Sides and bottom being soft that way indicates no heat, I would be getting your oven checked out!
proper electric ovens only have one element?
the second oven thats also my grill has a bottom and a top element but i would never try to cook anything in it as an oven as it cant even cook chips very well
older non fan assisted tend to have two and distribute the heat that way its only the not modern than have one element.
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keep wanting to buy a bread maker so i can make pizza dough
seems panasonic are the ones to go for but at around £100 its a bit of a waste if i get bored quick :S
We have a panasonic machine, makes brilliant bread so much so i make virtualy all of it in the machine now except tear and share type bread and pizza.
ours has one big coil behind the fan which im sure is classed as one element
like this
why would you buy a non fan assisted electric oven anyway? i take it thats what your still reffering to in the second part.
I made some pizza dough by hand the other day anyway and it turned out pretty good although it was a lot of effort.
i think i will grab a panaonsic sd 2501 nearer christmas along with a gaggia classic coffee maker
Yeah my mobile phone messing me about my bad!
Fan assisted ovens tend to be more expensive than a traditional oven, also some people don't like the way a fan assisted oven makes things cook, I know from experience my fan assisted does not get as crisp a crust as my conventional oven does.
MY latest conquests.
Brown with whole Wheetflakes
and a cheeky fruit cake, Super rich in flavour but not a rich cake, more of a sponge than a fruit cake.
Went to a bread making workshop thingie today. Had a great day and picked up a fair bit of good advice and tips, had a good laugh and an excellent lunch (was at my favourite restaurant - which was a big bonus). Made 4 different breads which are all great. The pick of the bunch for me was the seeded and malted granary type bread - absolutely fantastic. It has a lovely soft, moist crumb and the crust is beautifully crisp and crunchy - it also tastes fantastic.
Workshop cost £75, which seems a lot but we had a 3 course lunch at a great restaurant (with wine) and made four different types of bread so, not really all that expensive at all. Especially since I learned a lot. This was a beginner's course. They do an 'artisan' course as well, which is more advanced. I think I'll be signing up for that one at some point as well.
Workshop cost £75, which seems a lot but we had a 3 course lunch at a great restaurant (with wine) and made four different types of bread so, not really all that expensive at all. Especially since I learned a lot. This was a beginner's course. They do an 'artisan' course as well, which is more advanced. I think I'll be signing up for that one at some point as well.
Went to a bread making workshop thingie today. Had a great day and picked up a fair bit of good advice and tips, had a good laugh and an excellent lunch (was at my favourite restaurant - which was a big bonus). Made 4 different breads which are all great. The pick of the bunch for me was the seeded and malted granary type bread - absolutely fantastic. It has a lovely soft, moist crumb and the crust is beautifully crisp and crunchy - it also tastes fantastic.
Workshop cost £75, which seems a lot but we had a 3 course lunch at a great restaurant (with wine) and made four different types of bread so, not really all that expensive at all. Especially since I learned a lot. This was a beginner's course. They do an 'artisan' course as well, which is more advanced. I think I'll be signing up for that one at some point as well.
The Granary bread looks great, I've wanted to try one for a while, what kind of seeds etc did you use? And is the dough just part white part wholemeal flour?
The ingredients list is as follows:
400g strong 'Granary'/Organic 'Malthouse' flour
100g strong white organic flour
6g salt
1tsp yeast
7g runny honey
15ml olive oil
75g sunflower seeds
25g golden linseeds
250-300g hand hot water
The seeds are added to 100ml of the water for at least an hour (preferably overnight).
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I want to have a go at making bread but I don't want to spend a fortune on the utensils. Does anyone here have a good recommendation for a cheap but decent scale that's reasonably accurate?
My scales weren't cheap so can't really help there (although it depends what you mean by cheap - mine were £37). I would suggest you get digital scales though. They're so much easier to work with - they can be zeroed at the push of a button, making addition of separate ingredients a breeze and are very accurate.