Saturday, October 2, 2010











For those of you who know me you would be aware that I am up for a challenge, especially in my kitchen. Well I have found it! I love making Bread, I do not have the luxury of Breadmaker, I do it in my trusty Kenwood. Here I have made 4 Herb Focaccia's and 1 White Spelt loaf and 1 Multigrain loaf. We find it much more satisfying than bought bread. I buy my bread mixes from The Home Bread Shop and then add Yeast, Cooking Oil and Water (quantities on packet) and knead in my Kenwood for 5 mins, I then spray a tall stainless steel bowl and put some flour on the bench and on my hands and take it our and knead it into a ball then put it in the bowl and cover with a piece of gladwrap that I also spray with cooking spray then cover with a T towel and put in a warm place to rise (usually till it doubles in size) I then punch it down and knead till smooth then put it in a greased bread tin and let it rise again until it is just above the top of the tin. I then glaze with warm water and a little salt and bake for 45 mins at 200C. Our local Home Bread shop has a large range of regular mixes as well as gourmet mixes, they are not expensive. If you would like more information let me know. Hope you have a go at this as it is very satisfying .