Bread

I've gone bananas for bread! I'm making bread all the time, checking out methods, ingredients, temperatures, etc! I do have to start keeping notes though, otherwise I forget!

This is the buttermilk bread

Ingredients:

• 500gr flour

• 40gr dried yeast

• 1 tsp miele (need to use 1/2 next time)

• 2 tsp salt (I used the coffee tsp, need to use a regular one)

• 40gr melted butter

• 300gr buttermilk warmed up

• + additional buttermilk

Method:

• Melt the butter, when at room temperature mix it with the flour

• Warm up the buttermilk, and dissolve the honey in it

• Dissolve the yeast in the warmed buttermilk, then mix it with the flour in a big bowl

• Half way through, add the salt

• Mix it well and add more buttermilk if needed

• The full dough will be very sticky, make sure not to leave parts of flour unmixed

• ==> NOTE: add some gluten developing kneading time here, next time. I think at least 15 mins in the mixer

• Tip into a very big clean glass bowl

• Drench with water and then squeeze tight a teatowel

• Wrap the top of the bowl with a clean, dry teatowel, then cover it with the wet and squeezed teatowel

• Put it into a plastic bag to proof (4 hours)

• Knock the air out, knead a bit

• Put it into a baking tin (very tall), cover with a clean dry teatowel,

• Put it into a plastic bag to proof 2 hours

• Bake for 30 mins at 250 degrees C (fan)

• Once out of the oven, drape a dry teatowel opn top of the top, leaving it into the baking tin

• Drench and squeeze a teatowel, then drape it across the top dry teatowel

• Leave it to reach room temperature

• To keep it stored, always wrap it into a dry teatowel before a plastic bag