Sunday, September 18, 2011

Fruits of Our Labor

Yay!
I made some bread over the past few days. The bread is a modified version of a Peter Reinhart recipe in Artisan Breads Every Day. I will post the recipe soon. It was absolutely fantastic. My family had a picnic while we watched the first episode of the new season of Downton Abbey. The first episode was pretty amazing-- even thought I've been reading spoilers all week it still went a lot of different ways that I imagined (especially with Mr. Bates' story line). It was a little bit uneven in the pacing, but still great. Can't wait for next week! The show and the bread were fabulous. The bread was a sourdough, but it was really sweet and nutty in it's flavor. My dad gave the crust of the bread a 9/10, which was pretty fantastic.
Crust was Fantastic.
Not Perfect Crumb, but YUM!


The bread was about 60:40 white:whole wheat. It was just lovely.
Picnic Spread

We also included one of our fresh home-grown cucumbers in the spread.
Cucumber from the Yard

2 comments:

  1. I'm so jealous of the picnic and the homegrown cucumber...wish I were there!

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  2. We wish you were too! Our cucumbers are really fantastic. Our corn didn't do quite as well, but we also have lots of wonderful herbs on the porch in little pots.
    <3

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