WHEAT GERM & SAGE SOURDOUGH BREAD
Another example of a recipe that blew the doors of the competition once I spotted it at The Fresh Loaf forum. They highlighted this bread on their front page, since it is so unique and gorgeous. My...
View ArticleCODRUTA’S ROLLED OAT SOURDOUGH BREAD
I can read Portuguese, English, and French. Stretching my brains a little I can get by in blogs written in Italian or Spanish, as the grammar and many words are similar to those from my native...
View ArticleSOURDOUGH MINI-ROLLS
Those who follow my baking adventures know that my favorite type of bread is a sourdough boule, medium to large size. For some odd reason, when I want to bake small rolls, I always opt for recipes...
View ArticleSOURDOUGH BREAD WITH WALNUTS AND DATES
Another example of inspiration coming from The Fresh Loaf. David is a regular contributor to the forum, and every bread he makes is a work of art. He is the type of baker comfortable enough around...
View ArticleSOURDOUGH BLUES
For the past few months the Bewitching Kitchen witnessed my silent struggles with bread baking. Re-phrasing that, for the past few months the Bewitching Kitchen witnessed a full-fledged bread baking...
View ArticleDANISH RYE BREAD
Back in November we were in New York City and took stepson Dr.A and his beautiful partner to a special dinner at Aquavit. Funny story here. I admit to having a virtual crush on Marcus Samuelsson the...
View ArticleSALZBURG SOURDOUGH
So many months without baking a single sourdough bread! The problem is we don’t eat a lot of bread. One bake lasts us for a long time, as after enjoying a couple of slices, the rest goes straight to...
View ArticleA STAR FROM ENGLAND IN THE BEWITCHING KITCHEN
Kit Harington? You’d think? Well, that did not happen (Sally fans herself). But another superstar from England did arrive, albeit inside an envelope. Star, the sourdough starter produced by my dear...
View ArticleA SOURDOUGH QUARTET
Today I share four different ways to play with sourdough… Different amounts of whole-wheat flour, different ways to slash and decorate it, and a version studded with a mixture of Kalamata and green...
View ArticlePANETTONE, WILD YEAST VERSION
It is almost that time of the year, my friends! I firmly believe that Brazil might be the number 2 country in the world with the highest consumption of panettone in the month of December, losing to...
View ArticleFOR THE LOVE OF SOURDOUGH
It is amazing how a bread formula can be tweaked slightly and result in totally different outcomes. I share today nine versions of sourdough. They all start with the same composition (90% white bread...
View ArticleCURRY SOURDOUGH WITH SESAME SEEDS
Vadouvan Curry once again joined our sourdough bread. This time I went a little crazy and tried two new things in the same loaf. Inspired by amazing stuff I see on Instagram, I decided to use a...
View ArticleFRESH DILL AND FETA SOURDOUGH
A match made in heaven and materialized in the Bewitching Kitchen! We were lucky to get a huge bag of fresh dill from a departmental colleague and I had some feta cheese hanging in the fridge. One...
View ArticleSOURDOUGH BUBBLE BREAD
This is my third attempt at covering sourdough with a thin layer of a cocoa-dyed wrap. I stumbled by accident on a youtube site that got me lost for a while in the many possibilities of sourdough fun....
View ArticleYOGURT AND PISTACHIO SOURDOUGH
Inspiration for this delicious bread came from the one and only Elaine Boddy, through her book called EVERYDAY SOURDOUGH which you can find here. I made just a few modifications in the formula (she...
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