greedybread's blog

Like Rye breads with that tangy, sour taste?

Well 3 years on, I decided to do this again and it really shows ...

How much I have learnt about bread, flour and yeast...and myself.

The only thing is now, is my oven is complete crap!!

But i work round it...less top shots:) 

No matter what I do, it burns....tinfoil, lower temp etc....But a new oven will be purchased shortly...

In the mean time....

Enjoy, Enjoy, Enjoy.

Let me count the GREEDY ways…

BUNS, BUNS, BUNS…

I challenge you to make all the buns in this post!!

Go on !

Are you baker or mouse???

Bun or no bun?

Greedy or not???

Greetings lovely bready friends:)

It has been almost 12 months since I did a blog post.

I moved from a city of 2 million to a town of 16,000 (at peak times) ...

We lived in a house for the first 7 months (after our house purchase fell through) that had an oven from hell.

Looked like a dream BUT no!! So no baking, in fact limited cooking went on as well:(

We finally found a house we liked enough to buy after 7 months looking BUT the oven is not great...

Its ok, but not at all really a bread oven, hence bread and yeasty things have been scarce.

t's hard to find a GOOD ciabatta.

Sure, there are lots around BUT are they good?

Mainly no.

The texture and the taste needs to be right and in honesty, it's not the easiest bread to make:)

BUT WELL WORTH IT!!

Yep, thats right!  ....Don Corleone...

I love Don Corleone...Not Micheal so much but I digress...

What does the Godfather have to do with bread?

Sicily...

Pane di oggi e' dalla Sicilia.

Stupendo, Bellissimo, Sfarzoso.....

amo questo il pane.

Che e' giusto, amo, amo, amo il pane dalla Sicilia.

Urgh my Italian is very very RUSTY!!

Another trip is needeD soon!!

This has to be one of the best breads I have ever tasted.

This bread will blow you away!!

The texture is cake like but it's not.

It is just gorgeous, a crumbly flakey crust and crumb.

Sweetness comes mostly from the raisins.

Plus you can adapt the recipe and play around with it as I have done.

In this one, I added almonds and mixed spice but my first one, I used cinnamon,raisins and cranberries mixed up.

NB: DO NOT EAT THE BUTTERED ROLLED OATS...SERIOUS, YOU WILL NOT BE ABLE TO STOP!!

Woo what a mouthful! Ciao Ciao Ciabatta!!

It’s hard to find a GOOD ciabatta.

Sure, there are lots around BUT are they good?

Mainly no.

Certainly getting Figgy with it!

Using up my Figs from Te Mata Figs that I purchased at the Auckland food show yesterday.

Very Figgilicious!!

No yucky preservatives or additives...Just beautiful figs!!

Heaven, Heaven, I am in heaven:)

Gorgeous and fresh!

Bite!