Hi Jo,
It’s a crusty bread but the crust is thin and light and cripsy, quite different
from the harder crust of the sourdough I used to make (which was lovely in its
own way, as the sourdough was more dense anyway). It’s really delightful bread.
I subsequently found a recipe on NYT Cooking that used almost exactly the same
amount of flour to water that I used, except by intention. Tomorrow I will make
the same recipe as last week but with the recommended, lower amount of water,
and compare. Then next week I’ll do the NYT Cooking version, and see what we
like best. The NYT Cooking one is easier because it’s a no-knead version,
whereas I used my Thermomix to knead this one…
Vicki. :-)
On 23 Apr 2021, at 6:36 am, Jo Melmer (Redacted sender "jomelmer" for DMARC)
<dmarc-noreply@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Your bread looks heavenly! It looks like a hard crust on the bread. I’ve
always wanted to try making bread with a hard crust and never got to it once
I had a bread machine.
Jo
On Apr 18, 2021, at 2:50 AM, Vicki Taylor <vicki@xxxxxxxxxxxx
<mailto:vicki@xxxxxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
I made bread today, the first since we’ve been in Canberra, and the first
time I’ve made this particular recipe for 8 years. I don’t have time for
sourdough anymore, so thought I’d give this ‘olive oil bread’ a go. However,
I hadn’t made ANY notes back in 2013, so I was feeling a bit apprehensive…
I stuffed up almost immediately when I wasn’t paying attention and forgot to
stop adding water…! The ‘dough’ was actually slop and I ended up having to
pretty much pour it into two small pans instead of shaping into a single
bâtard. My attempts to score the loaves were also sad because it was just
slush. Oh well. As mini-loaves, they taste great!
Vicki. :-)
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