I recently posted about a trip that Lachie and i did to check out the red wheat and meet the man growing it . Tim very kindly gave us some samples to play with and yesterday i collected some from the Big Loaf Factory where it is stored. i located the Kenwood attachment i purchased many years ago Judy says i paid $10 i thought it was $5 but thats no matter.
I recently engaged with Lance (albacore) about his lovely dough machines and mentioned that i had purchased a new machine so here is a little bit about it and its maiden effort..
A second present that i treated myself to arrived yesterday afternoon, it was a week earlier than i was expecting . It is a Chinese noodle dough machine, This one is from Sydney rather than the long wait from China, and significantly cheaper @ $129. The postage from China was more that the advertised price of the machine direct from China.
We have experienced some extreme hot weather over here in Perth Western Australia for the Christmas / New Year break record temperatures with 42 degrees and sustained high 30's for a couple of weeks the only baking was the poor plants in the garden that got well and truely frizzled
Found a little gem at the end of last week on Available for Barter Fremantle and Surrounds and although Frances said she was happy for me to just have it i said i would bake some Cinnamon buns on the Monday, unfortunately she is gluten intolerant but her son and husband are not so i hope they enjoy some of these.
holds just under 2 kgs, perfect for when i have just opened a bag
Today i did something i haven't done for 50 years i made some Horse Shoe rolls. Recently i was asked if i might be able to assist the Melville Historical Society with making some loaves to be used as props in their display at Millers Bakehouse. i am hoping to do some loaves later in the week with my friend Nick Agostino from Il Panino Bakery at his Maddington bakery, the ones that are from the era before sliced bread Uprights, Devons, Cobs and Viennas.
This morning i had porridge left over from breakfast and i wanted to do something a little different so i decided to sort out the cupboard a bit and ended up with these 3 lovely loaves that would be ideal company for a cheese board its ended up being Apricot and Porridge Oat Bread with 26% Wholemeal Spelt. 3 X 510g loaves. it was going to be 2 x 750g loaves but thought 3 x 500g was easier for sharing.
