No-Knead Sourdough with Old Dough
These days I am a refugee without my own kitchem, ok, a luxury refugee -who spends her days in the comfortable guest loft with sauna of our condo- but I admit feeling a little messed up by the...
View ArticleWhat I Bake When I Am Not Blogging
In the last few months I have been quite disengaged from blogging, and I do apologize for been particularly absent from comments here or on friends blogs. It is not always possible to sit down and...
View ArticleBarley and Spelt Sourdough Ring and Epi
Alright I know I had promised to write down and publish all the formulas of the breads I made in the past few months but there has been a couple of accidents: my daughter’s birthday party and a nasty...
View ArticleLemon Chocolate Fougasse
So, as usual since I moved to this cold land, in this period of the year I go through month-long colds. Yesterday night, after finally starting the right therapy, I felt my energy back and, guess...
View ArticleAssorted Sourdough Ciabattas In Only One Bake
How to start talking about all these breads? Am I preparing for the opening of my Italian bakery in Stockholm? Well, unfortunately, not. Still no big project like this on the way. But I did have a lot...
View ArticleRed Lentil-Turmeric Sourdough
One day I was reading a lovely post from my friend Che Foodzheit and the post was about a yummy linseeds bread he baked for a Bread Baking Day. Now, since I am very distracted and time disoriented I...
View ArticlePANISSIMO April Round-up and la Colomba di Terry
April has been a pretty hectic month for my second life in bread. Hosting Panissimo, helping to plan a bread workshop and the challenge of baking my first colomba. For Panissimo collection, here we...
View ArticleBarley Semola Sourdough
Some loaves just come out happy. This dough, made with no other ambition than having bread for the week, just happened to make loaves with a perfectly moist and open crumb and a crunchy and fragrant...
View ArticleA Sicilian Heritage Wheat Bread For A German Knight
Each time I go to back to Italy, my homeland, I try to make the best out of it as I know that I am not going to be there again for another year or so. This time I made sure to visit two artisan...
View ArticleBreads of Italy: Pane Ibleo or ‘U Pani Ri Casa
The inspiration for reconstructing this traditional Sicilian bread comes from a drawing I saw in an agricultural article comparing different flours [L’Informatore Agrario, Supplemento 13/2006]. More...
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