My dough had been resting for about 24 hours in the refrigerator, so I decided to try and make a boule (a basic, ball-shaped free-form loaf), and after baking that, pulled out a little more of the dough and rolled it into pita bread. I was excited by the look of both breads – they [...]
Entries Tagged as ‘Frugal Experiment’
March 16, 2009
Frugal Experiment: Artisan Bread in Five Minutes a Day
A week or so ago, I posted on my attempts to make ciabatta. As I said before, I felt like overall, the efforts were worth the taste and texture of the bread, even if it didn’t rise like I hoped it would. Then, a reader left a comment, mentioning a book they loved, Artisan Bread [...]
March 6, 2009
Frugal experiment: Baking Ciabatta
Today I started off thinking that I would have a bread baking day which would include making ciabatta (my first time), pita bread (my first time), and flour tortillas. Then, I thought better of it, decided to use up our corn tortillas first, and only tackle one new bread recipe: ciabatta.
There’s always been something about [...]
