Cooking with Jonny69: baking bread.
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Makes 9
500g strong white flour
5g yeast
10g fine sea salt
325ml warm water
Light oil (light olive oil or rapeseed / sunflower)
Semolina
- mix dry ingredients, the add wet.
- Knead for 10 mins, till silky. It's a very wet dough, so stick with it.
- Make into round, cover and leave to double.
- Knock back, cut into 9. Flatten so about 2cm thick.
- Dust generously with semolina. This stuff makes theses muffins so make sure you have some!
- Leave to double again.
- Heat heavy frying pan so medium heat.
- Cook for around 10 mins, turning every few minutes, adjusting temp if needed.
It's a dead easy recipe, but whatever you do make sure you have semolina! I cook mine on a big double hob flat griddle, which is perfect!
Enjoy!
Made some of these English muffins at the weekend with the girlfriend, they came out great. cheers for recipe.
Would have been better if I had some bacon but had to settle for cheese, ham and salad. then did a couple with strawberry jam, very tasty
Damn, they look great!
In other news I bought a Kenwood Kmix stand mixer. I wanted a Kitchenaid but couldn't justify the price (£380). I saw a Kmix and knew it was the one though. One of these is now in the kitchen:
Edit: note, I found this was useless at mixing dough and sent it back. Keep saving and get a Kitchen Aid...
In other news I bought a Kenwood Kmix stand mixer. I wanted a Kitchenaid but couldn't justify the price (£380). I saw a Kmix and knew it was the one though. One of these is now in the kitchen:
Edit: note, I found this was useless at mixing dough and sent it back. Keep saving and get a Kitchen Aid...
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How much did that set you back as i am after one.
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Made some of these English muffins at the weekend with the girlfriend, they came out great. cheers for recipe.
Would have been better if I had some bacon but had to settle for cheese, ham and salad. then did a couple with strawberry jam, very tasty
Glad you liked them!
And yes, bacon is certainly necessary!
After reading this thread it inspired me to get the GF to go and bake me some bread... This is her second attempt, a cheese and onion loaf and I must say it tastes damn lovely!
Ingredients:
1 Large Onion
1 Tsp olive oil
250ml water
1 Tsp salt
1/2 Tsp sugar
1 pouch of yeast
700ml of plain flour
200ml of grated cheese
Garlic - as much or little as you like
Fry the onions in olive oil, be sure to save a 1/4 of the cheese and onions to put on top of the loaf before baking.
Now that looks really tasty.
What is the shelf life like?
I'm going to either be banned or start an argument 
) what are your views on these fandangled bread making machines *ducks out of the way from slaps and punches* )
I can make cakes but haven't tried baking bread yet, haven't worked up the courage to make an incredible mess in the kitchen LOL
) what are your views on these fandangled bread making machines *ducks out of the way from slaps and punches* )I can make cakes but haven't tried baking bread yet, haven't worked up the courage to make an incredible mess in the kitchen LOL
Bread making machine is one of the best things we have got in the kitchen. For the first year I probably purchased 3 loafs of bread. Its really easy, you can also just get it to mix for you if you want then you can use the mix to make buns etc. From what I read at the time the panosonic was one of the best ~£90.
You chuck in the ingredients as above press a few buttons (it has a timer as well) and then 4 hours later a perfect loaf appears.
It makes better naan bread than most indian takeaways as well.
You chuck in the ingredients as above press a few buttons (it has a timer as well) and then 4 hours later a perfect loaf appears.
It makes better naan bread than most indian takeaways as well.
A few months ago I had full intention of making bread by hand but started to read the River Cottage handbook on bread making. Whilst I found it really interesting, it also became clear that the process didn't really fit in with my "me time" and I started keeping an eye out for a bread maker.
Anyway one of those HUKD threads came up mentioning that some end of line Panasonic 254s were on offer at £42. Upon visiting the shop, I found an ex-display 255 for the same price and got 3yr cover thrown in for a total of £45. Came away very happy and the bread maker rocks. Love the idea of trying the naan, is that just from the instruction book recipes?
Anyway one of those HUKD threads came up mentioning that some end of line Panasonic 254s were on offer at £42. Upon visiting the shop, I found an ex-display 255 for the same price and got 3yr cover thrown in for a total of £45. Came away very happy and the bread maker rocks. Love the idea of trying the naan, is that just from the instruction book recipes?
Yeah the one from the instruction book is fine, after the dough is done you can fold it over fresh corriander then re-roll it. You want it around pancake (english not american) thickness before putting it under the grill. I cook it on a pizza stone under a very high grill.
With the other recipes its fairly easy to change them to make them more intresting. As long as the flour/water ratio is similar then its fine.
eg. I use the basic ciabatta loaf recipe but use 200ml tomatoe puree instead of 200ml of the water (think it is 350ml in total). I also chuck in 1/4-1/2 onion after its been fried and some chopped basil. Then about 15-20mins before it has finished in the bread make sprinkle on some mature cheddar.
I've become a bit lazy and haven't made a loaf for a few weeks, gonna put some on tonight.
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It's done by weight. I don't actually use a tin. I use a cane banneton to shape the loaf during its final rise (proofing), then put it un-aided onto a baking sheet. Assuming you have kneaded well it will hold. To start with you can use a bowl lined with a well floured tea towel to proof.
My normal day to day loaf is ~800g (wet).
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My thoughts exactly mate, I haven't been at home in the evening for the last 4 days, and won't be until thursday.
So I handed in my notice.
Now I can make some bread
Maybe have enough time to make sourdough...
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Highly recommended. Nothing gives you a better feeling than your first sourdough loaf (when it comes to bread baking anyway
). I love the fact that the loaf has essentially 3 ingredients, flour, water & salt. And tastes a squillion times better than the pap (and even the better stuff) from shops.Can you give me your basic recipe?
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For a white:
500g Strong flour
10g fine salt
5g fast action yeast
300ml warm water
1tbsp oil (I use cold pressed rapeseed, but olive will do)
1) Mix dry ingredients together
2) Add wet, mix in bowl
3) Knead till silky (bout 10 mins for a novice, but can get it down ~ 5 now)
4) Make a round, place in lightly oiled bowl
5) leave for an hour, empty to floured surface. Knock back and into a round again
6) Put into proofing basket / bowl
7) leave for 25 mins
8) After 25 mins, preheat oven to highest it will go, put in a flat tray
9) When preheated, the bread should have had around 40ish mins to prove. Remove tray, lightly flour, turn out dough onto it. Slash the top a few times.
10) Spay water in oven (or put a tray of water at the bottom if no sprayer), put in bread.
11) After 10 mins, lower heat to ~ 160. Cook for further 30 mins.
12) Cool on wire rack for at least an hour before cutting.
*edit* It is worth noting, it is quite hard to make a really decent white loaf from the start. It's something that will get better & better
£235 from Amazon, which is over £80 cheaper than I've seen it anywhere else
Have gone a bit mad again, made another loaf and thought while I was at it, make some pizza base's for tonight's dinner. Will get some pictures up of the results later. Really fancy making something a bit fancier next time.
*edit* still waiting for the bread to rise properly. I think the pizza turned out ok for a first attempt. (Two types of cheese, lots of bacon, Tomatoes and the Tomatoes base I made with a can of chopped tomatoes, chilli, garlic, onion and herbs)
*edit* still waiting for the bread to rise properly. I think the pizza turned out ok for a first attempt. (Two types of cheese, lots of bacon, Tomatoes and the Tomatoes base I made with a can of chopped tomatoes, chilli, garlic, onion and herbs)
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