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Food: A Simple Soup and Bread Dinner

April 2, 2010
I love soup. I love soup and bread. I can make bread. now I want soup to go with it. minestrone, chicken noodle, beef & barley, italian wedding, tomato, roasted red pepper and tomato, butternut squash, vegetable, miso, tom-yum, chili, and french onion – the feature of this post. My french onion soup may or [...]
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Food: Dutch Oven Baked Honey Bread

March 15, 2010
Continuing the bread obsession I’ve been having, see the 1st post for the basic recipe and my 2nd post for the sesame version, I decided I wanted to make a lightly sweetened honey bread using the same dutch oven technique to get that delicious chewy crust. In addition to the flour (20 oz by weight), [...]
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Food: Dutch Oven Baked Sesame Bread

March 8, 2010
A variation I’ve been wanting to try since baking the first loaf from Ratio is a sesame bread. I used the same basic recipe, but then coated the proofed dough with water and covered it with untoasted sesame seeds (which I got for a great price at Buon Italia in chelsea market). I pre-heated my [...]
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Food: Dutch Oven Baked Bread

March 8, 2010
I love the sourdough bread boule from Panera bread. It has a super crispy crust and a soft consistent interior. In my previous attempts at baking, I never got quite the same consistency, usually ending up with a loaf that had a good soft interior, but an average exteior. I read about professional ovens and [...]
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Recipe: Pretzel Rolls

September 23, 2009
Pretzel Rolls Adapted from Bon Appetit January 1994 2 3/4 cups bread flour (420 gms) – I use King Arthur Unbleached Bread Flour 1 envelope quick-rising yeast 1 teaspoon salt 1 teaspoon sugar 1/4 teaspoon of celery seed or powder 1 cup plus 2 tablespoons (about) hot water (125°F to 130°F) Cornmeal 8 cups water [...]
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