mmmmmmmmmmm…..I’m soo full and happy with home made bread with margarine! (actually margarine isn’t very good for you…I’m just eating what is leftover, please support well produced butter!)
Sorry I haven’t been able to keep updated on this experiment. But! I have kept my promise, for the whole semester, I have tried my best to not buy anything I can make. I’ve rarely eaten at restaurants or take out food (unless I was invited by a friend). I’ve bought the most basic ingredients I can find (meaning instead of pasta sauce, I buy tomatoes or canned tomatoes). And no matter how busy, I try to make food (sometimes that means when I’m busy lunch becomes lots of apples :P). I actually have taken photos of a lot of the stuff I did, I just haven’t written it up yet….but…
I was so excited today because it’s the first time I tried making bread! I’ve been wanting to since the start of this experiment, but I couldn’t find the time and energy to try. Since school is finished (and I’ve graduated!), I have some more time.
I followed this recipe: http://foodwishes.blogspot.com/2009/01/no-knead-ciabatta-bread-you-can-believe.html
(food wishes is my favourite recipe learning place on the internet…chef John is sooo funny :P)
starts out looking really strange..I thought I didn’t have enough water
After leaving it for 18 hours!
and then for 2 more hours…it’s such a slimy blob at this point…
and then oven magic makes the whole room smell like heaven
The bread turned out so nicely…fluffy middle, crispy crust, and an amazing aroma. I will most definitely make this as often as possible from now on (especially since for some reason I bought a 5 kg bag of whole wheat flour…)
Things to change next time:
1) use cornmeal to sprinkle on the bottom. I didn’t have cornmeal and the bottom turned out a little bit burnt
2) separate the dough into at least 3. It was way too big.
It’s crazy to see how flour, yeast, salt, and water…only 4 ingredients can make such a tasty treat!