Kitchen projects: Sourdough bread from start(er) to finish
For National Bread Week – as I’m a little late for Sourdough September! – I’m revisiting a post that I first wrote on 1 March, 2013. It’s always a good time for real bread. There are...
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Sourdough from starter, revisited
It was a loaf of sourdough that nearly killed me. To be more accurate, it was a piece of strong, chewy rewena paraoa, a Maori potato-based sourdough that saw me off. Is it any...
Bake me an island: sourdough bread making with Firehouse Bakery
I don’t know what gave us away. Was it the slightly flour-speckled clothes, the air of happy satiety, or the aroma of freshly baked, still warm, sourdough bread that came from our bags? Whatever...
Your daily bread: Sourdough from starter
After our Doodle Bread adventures last weekend, I went on a bit of a bread making buzz. Normally we make our bread in the machine – it’s quick, efficient, makes great bread and, secondhand, it only cost me €10 – but I had forgotten how much I enjoyed the kneading side of things so it was time to dig out my Ballymaloe sourdough starter.
Your daily bread: Sourdough
No longer having the easy access to Arbutus Bread that was one of the perks of my job in Urru Mallow, I’ve gone back to baking my own. At the moment I’m on rotation between three different breads – the Seedy Spelt Bread that I mentioned a few weeks ago, a Brown Yeast Loaf that still needs a bit of work and my old favourite, the Sourdough that I mastered while in Ballymaloe.
Read: Irish Examiner | Happy Tummy Co is a real breadwinner
Passionate about working with small producers and small farms, Karen O’Donoghue of the The Happy Tummy Company in Westport uses Irish-grown heritage wheat grains, free range, pasture-raised eggs from the regenerative Mad Yolk Farm, Highbank Orchards’ organic apple cider vinegar and Achill sea salt “because you do notice the difference.”
Read: Irish Examiner | What is a regenivore and how can the food practice improve the world around us?
First published in the Irish Examiner on Friday 17 February 2023 and re-published here for Earth Day. John McKenna of the McKennas’ Guides talks about supporting sustainable food practices and local economies Tipped as...
Read: Irish Examiner | Fermenting a local food network
First published in the Irish Examiner on Friday 3 March 2023. “I try to hook people with the fact that these foods are delicious!” The ebullient Terri Ann Fox, founder and teacher at River...