Bread Thread

[stinkwheel]

So, what bread have you been making with all your hoarded flour? Or what bread have you been making with the motley assortment of available flour because some cock has been hoarding flour?

I made flour tortillas at the weekend. Self raising flour, water, pinch of salt and a good glug of oil. Knead to a relaxed dough and roll out thin.

I cooked mine on the gas hob on an upside down, oiled steel kahiri (Indian cooking pan, like a wok but with two handles and a fully domed bottom, like you get your curry in at a balti restraunt).

Never buying tortillas again.
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[garth]

Not bread, as I'm a glutard, but I did make potato pancakes yesterday.

Grated spud, gf flour, eggs, salt, marjoram. They're pretty good.
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[Eddie Hitler]

I have never in my life made a loaf of bread. I think I'll give it a go this weekend and post my results.

[Riejufixing]

[Riejufixing]

[hedgehugger]

I have flour, but very little yeast. The last bread I made was ciabatta. Now I feel guilty because it uses more yeast than regular bread and I only have 1 go left. Saving that for an emergency, or until I can get more. Shops keep selling out before I get there, and I'm not paying those overinflated prices on Amazon.
Guess I could make soda bread.
I've made tortillas before, silly simple, but I still buy them, go figure!

[stinkwheel]

Yeast grows. If you have a small amount of yeast, you can easily make that into a large amount of yeast by feeding it flour and sugar.

Then you can mix it with flour and freeze it.

Never tried but I know it can be done.
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[hedgehugger]

I've never tried either but I have heard of a sourdough starter, where you use half for your bread and keep it fed at other times. Same thing I guess.

[winz]

Yep, the people that bought out flat gave us a sourdough starter a couple of weeks ago. Made my first loaf last week.

Been splitting the starter in two, feeding one with flour and water, letting it get all bubbly then putting it in the fridge for another week before repeating. Then using the other half as a levain for the loaf.
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[almostthere]

Made some naan bread wasn't bad better than the shop bought shite.

I've only got plain and self raising flour can I use that to make bread?
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[hellkat]

Sourdough starter is dead easy to make.
Just needs patience.
Flour, water, leave on windowsill.
Let it go a bit gooshy, its supposed to do that.

So, a cup of flour and about 3/4 a cup of water, mix it together really well till its all mixed in, so that its like a paste, sort of like peanut butter consistency. You can always add a little bit more water to get it like that.

Then cover it, maybe with clingfilm or some people say a damp teatowel, but whatevs.
Put it on a sunny windowsill. If you don't have a windowsill, no worries, just leave it in a quiet place on the bench at room temperature.

Somewhere between 24-36 hours it should start to go a bit gooshy.
Bubbles is what you want.
Yes madam, it does look a bit like jizz doesn't it, there's always a comedian.

So at that point, you chuck half out, and you mix in the same original amounts (1 cup flour, 3/4 a cup of water.

By Day 3 it should be bubbling well. Then you just "feed" it twice a day, chucking out half and putting back the same original amount.

About a week later, bosho.
Ready to use for making bread, and all you have to do is use half and feed it back up again.

You can keep them "alive" for ages.
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[recman]

If making bread is as easy as making rice crispy cakes, I'm in.

[stinkwheel]

[weasley]

I’ve been saving my flour for when we can’t get bread. Last week was such a time so I did a couple of overnight loaves. Normal bread recipe but around 1/4 the yeast, proved overnight then folded and re-proved in the morning and baked. Great flavour and structure and it means I get a fresh loaf for lunch without having to get up early.

Those were with strong white flour. I have some wholemeal, malted, 00 and French flour stockpiled.

You can do bread with regular flour but it might be a bit crumbly. I do flatbreads with normal flour - mix it up with plain yoghurt, pinch of salt and a bit of baking powder to a workable dough, divide into small balls, roll flat and cook on both sides on a hot, dry pan or griddle.
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[stinkwheel]

I always "start" my yeast in a glass of warm water with a spoon of sugar and flour mixed in then leave it on the windowsill above the radiator.

I wait until it's properly up and going, frothing up the water then use it to form part of the liquid in the dough mix. This means there's active yeast evenly mixed throughout. Alsomeans I could use a comparatively small amount.
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[hedgehugger]

Tomorrow I shall try a sourdough starter then. My house is usually pretty cool/cold so may take a while.

[kawakid]

The only bread I make is brown bread, also known in the UK

As soda bread.

No yeast required, however butter milk is as is whole meal self raising flour which I have about 1.5kg of .
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[stinkwheel]

[hellkat]

[Riejufixing]

[hedgehugger]

With our breadmaker we set a timer for ourselves to take the paddle out after the last knocking back, before the final rise and cook. No half loaf missing when you take it out then

For ciabatta I use the Kmix, so much easier on the hands when a machine does the kneading for you.
Ciabatta starts with a similar method to the sourdough starter. Flour and water mix overnight. Has yeast as well, maybe it's a shortcut, rather than the sourdough starter? similar texture to the end result.

So today I found a use for the Sport's Direct mug on top of the cupboard. I've started a starter.

[stinkwheel]

Focaccia is always nice, and delightfully messy to make. It's similar to making ciabatta dough, just with loads more oil to make a pretty sloppy dough. You use oil rather than flour on your board and hands during prep. Stretch it flat, add toppings (rosemary, black oilve, sundried tomato to name but a few) poke them in with your fingertips in and cook on a flat tray after proving.

I don't know how well it keeps, there is never any left.
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[WD Forte]

I'm staying away from bread atm cos fat bastard & diet but I did have a go at making
some almond flour rolls as I had the ingredients.
Piece of piss to make even for a kitchen numpty like me.
No yeast, just baking powder and Psyllium husk as gluten alternative
Taste?
Cant compare it to proper wheaten bread of course but not bad
and it doesn't go off nearly as quickly as proper bread.
Aaand yes, it's expensive compared to wheat flour but I've bought the
bloody stuff now so may as well use it.

https://imgur.com/ZWJUB68.jpg

https://imgur.com/unztkEE.jpg

Cant wait to get down to me fighting weight and then its Mothers pride
sarnies all the way!!
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[stinkwheel]

Soda bread for tonights tea.

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“Rule one: Always stick around for one more drink. That's when things happen. That's when you find out everything you want to know.”
I did the 2010 Round Britain Rally on my 350 Bullet. 89 landmarks, 3 months, 9,500 miles.