Sunday, 29 May 2011

"Let them eat cake..."

Apparently that's what Marie Antoinette said when she was told that her subjects were so hungry that they didn't have any bread...

"Sorry Your Highness" would have been my reply "But I'd rather bread than cake ANY day!"

Not that I'm partial to the odd slice of cake but there is NOTHING  like the smell of baking bread, or the taste of hot bread with a slathering of butter on it....<drool>

Since been shown that I can make a loaf of bread in 1.5minutes in my Thermie I've been HOOKED!



Olive Bread



Cheesy Herby bread
A little heavy handed on the cheese...if there is such a thing :)


Big and Beautiful Vienna Loaf


I also made some Pesto bread, dropped a couple of handfuls of fresh basil leaves in while it was kneeding. It had a beautful green fleck thru the bread and tasted heavenly! Hence there was no photo, it was eaten far too quickly :)

Am toying with the idea of making a sourdough starter...but I know it means I'll be making AND EATING so much more bread if I do....but is there any bread that tastes better than a sourdough?

Do you have a favourite bread to make?




3 comments:

  1. I'll have a slice of all of them please - they look amazing!! And no, there is no such thing as too heavy handed with cheese :)

    I have tried making a sourdough starter, sadly with not much success. Am thinking I might just have to buy one - there's a sourdough bakery up here in Newy that sells starter which is supposed to be very excellent. Let me know how you go. x

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  2. Good question although it's hard for me to choose one! Although I love cake I also love baking bread (that smell and also it is the perfect vehicle for butter :P ).

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  3. What a selection! I also prefer bread to cake, and my son is saying that he also prefers bread to cakes! (He is 10).

    ciao
    A.

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