Homemade sourdough pizza is an eye-opening experience, with so much flavor in the dough and a crispy chewy texture to the crust.
Homemade sourdough pizza is an eye-opening experience, with so much flavor in the dough and a crispy chewy texture to the crust.
Biscotti are one of my favorite cookies, and this Gluten-Free version has a wonderful flavor and ideal texture. They’re incredibly easy to make and the abundant nuts, dried fruit and aromatics make these biscotti a satisfying and beautiful gift for a friend or treat for yourself.
This tomato pizza is a celebration of sauce and bread. Without mozzarella and other toppings, the focus is on the delicious, chewy-crispy Tipo 00 and khorasan wheat crust and the tangy herb-filled tomato sauce. A light grating of pecorino romano cheese adds some umami and salt to the pizza, and in the sauce, you have the option to boost that savoriness with an anchovy, along with red pepper flakes for heat.
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Altamura style bread is full of delicious nutty and slightly sweet durum wheat flavor. It has a great mouth-feel, with a chewiness that’s great for dipping in olive oil or stew, or for use as a sandwich bread.
Khorasan (AKA Kamut®) wheat has a smooth and rich, buttery flavor, and the high extraction flour used in this bread is midway between whole wheat and white flour. This dough is wonderfully manageable, and the final bread has a beautiful golden color, soft texture, and delicious flavor.
This soft sandwich bread has a beautiful golden color and a buttery and very slightly sweet flavor. It’s perfect for sandwiches and toast. The dough uses ancient khorasan wheat high extraction flour, which means it is stone ground and sifted to be midway between “white” and whole wheat.
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Scalding is a technique involving cooking a portion of the flour for a bread dough with relatively high hydration at a specific temperature which creates a gelatinized starch which can hold a lot more water than a normal bread dough mix. It also induces chemical reactions that create a sweeter flavor and make the bread more easily digestible.
Piadina or piada is an ancient Italian flatbread made with just a few ingredients: flour, water or milk, olive oil or lard, salt, and sometimes baking soda. This recipe adds sourdough starter to the mix to add the flavors of fermented flour and water, and the option to ferment the entire dough. Piadinas are so delicious and versatile; you can try this recipe with different flour varieties and serve the piadinas with savory or sweet fillings.
Tsoureki is a braided Greek holiday bread. It has orange zest along with mastic and mahleb, which impart flavors of cherry, almond, and pine. It’s so tasty, and this variation uses whole grain flour for more fiber and nutrients. You can enjoy it any time of year for a soft, flavorful, and fiber-full bread that fills your home with amazing aromas.
This whole grain recipe for Turkish simit incorporates golden khorasan and hard white wheats for extra flavor and nutrition. The twisted sesame-coated crust is full of texture and has a slight sweetness from grape molasses. Enjoy simit with tea and a savory Mediterranean breakfast or drizzle the simit with honey for a sweet afternoon treat.
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Make your own high extraction flour and save $2 by purchasing the 40 mesh and the 50 mesh sifter together. High extraction (or bolted) flour is whole grain flour with some percentage of the bran sifted out. Great for achieving a light loaf without compromising the nutrition found in the germ. It’s amazing how much coarse …
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Make homemade super soft French bread for sandwiches using this beginner-friendly recipe. If you need more than two rolls, the recipe can easily be doubled and / or shaped in different ways and it freezes well too.
Our original contribution to the no-knead bread revolution: substitute live sourdough starter for instant yeast to create the ultimate no knead artisan bread loaf.
Biscotti are one of my favorite cookies. They’re incredibly easy to make and taste so good when homemade with abundant nuts, dried fruit and aromatics.
SEEDS Most seeds are absorbent and can make a dough and bread too dry if you don’t account for their thirstiness. You can soak seeds overnight, strain them, and add them to a bread dough during mixing (easiest) or during an early round of stretching and folding the dough (better gluten development). When I develop …
Focaccia is such a fun bread to make. The fermentation doesn’t have to be precise and the dough shaping is squishy-fun. Moreover, focaccia offers you a canvas for artistic expression with toppings. Sometimes just salt and olive oil are what you want, but other times you can let your imagination run wild and create a beautiful showpiece with flavorful herbs and vegetables baked into the top of the bread.
How to create and maintain your own gluten free sourdough starter.
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