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World Day of homemade bread

Yes, I am a bit 'posh but not intrigue me the contests among bloggers, or the type ribbon campaigns or the like, nor the various initiatives that build virtual social networks, I prefer to organize trips to go and look people in the eye, and talk to them and maybe loosen a bit 'of sourdough.

to this but I can not resist


And then I started thinking about what bread there to do and I realized that the book there 'a mistake! The bread recipe with flour chestnuts, among the ingredients was not included wheat flour, bread is absolutely essential to the whole.

And so it seemed a sign remedy mistakes and celebrate on this day the value of home-made bread with sourdough. But just not enough pictures and recipe! In honor of those who continue to enjoy this wonderful audience some of the words of one who has tried, is trying, have fun and a lot has been good enough to tell.

But let's start from the bread, Morocco Lunigiana made with sourdough

- 450 grams of chariot (practically the dough after a refresh or two depending on the season and the amount of sourdough start)
- 600 gr chestnut flour
- 300 grams of wheat flour
- 1 / 2 cups milk
- 2 tablespoons extra virgin olive
- a boiled potato peeled and mashed with a fork
- 2 teaspoons of salt.

is the chariot that wallows in the warm milk, oil, garnished with potato

Then I added the first of chestnut flour, until they are no longer able to stir with a spoon, after which I mixed with wheat flour on a work surface (in the meantime I also added salt) and, unlike the usual, I went quite a long time until I heard that the wheat flour (white flour already Chestnut breaks up enough dough, I was missing the bran) began to hold everything together.

I let it sit an hour

Then I crushed, folded, turned upward and also crossed!

Here is the result after baking. Perhaps if I had mixed magnificence still would not. However, with butter and honey (chestnut, of course) is a real pleasure.

And here are the wonderful satisfaction that my work who deals sourdough has succeeded in giving me lately, I sincerely thank Lorenzo Laura and John.

Laura, after weeks of frustrating attempts and failed attempts to understand the reasons for the disappointing results:

Hello Anna, I inform you on the bread and I think will be the last episode.
are in the post test (which unfortunately I did not spend, sob) and then again
bread is good and cooked and the children have clean clothes in the closets
.
I think you ignore the dough, hoping that his face alone
duty of making a mistake of presumption. The sourdough had
need me more and refreshments, has now come back alive and beautiful
leavens the bread well. And 'I was so taken by the studio that I had forgotten
what it's like a dough that rises well.
A hug and hello hello. Laura Lorenzo


after a day of rain, game and bread

Hello Anna and Stephen,
wanted to thank you for last Saturday! Despite the bad weather we managed to combine
something good in every way.
I hope you understand something more, especially entrusting
observation.
It 'nice that you bring this thing around: a little lesson,
a bit of fun, a bit of fun being together and celebrating the end
with the final product!
So bring your "ferment" in and around contaminated ...
I grow too long for "Ferment" and sooner or later find the right recipe
to contaminate anyone else around me :-)))
I did "meet" my sourdough with that on Saturday and seems
that go great with: If you have roses bloom !

Franco, after the sourdough finally came into his hands became "big" Hello Anna

I treasure all of your advice. Meanwhile, between Saturday and Sunday and calmly all the time, while experimenting ligation (awesome effects!) In parallel I tried to make bread, mix well, not cold water, flour, fresh, cooled pasta in the days previous San Gennaro ... and ... he did 'or miracle! The ball even after three hours it went to the surface of the oven and came out a nice bread. I was really happy. I do not know how to explain it, but the satisfaction to see this thing rise, get up in the morning and find the fabric to see "how it goes," to see the bread which grows in the oven, still warm cut it well .. it's priceless. I often think of a sentence you write in your book, when you say you make the bread helps to understand something of himself. I've sent a lot, and I am really pleased to share this.

Good luck to everybody!