Slippers anyone?
You know what I mean!! Ciabatta……The most divine of the Italian breads. So simple but so delicious… Be aware you need to start this the day before and you really need to have a mixer. What will you...
View ArticlePane di Patate della Garfagnana:
A delicious Potato bread from the Garfagnana region in Italy. It is similar to the Rewena bread we make here in NZ but the potatoes don’t ferment for 3 days as we allow them to with Rewena. This has a...
View ArticleFeeling dolce?? Dolce Milanese , that is…
I am …………Sweet as… I should explain, Sweet as is a NZ expression which means great, feeling good:) and of course dolce means sweet but sweet as in dessert/cake. I know you are going to LOVE LOVE LOVE...
View ArticleBreadist? Who me?
i am a bit concerned! My friend told me i was being breadist…………I said “What?’ Sexist, racist, elitist, oldist…..NOW BREADIST!! I had to laugh…. In order to appease my breadist leanings, I shall add a...
View ArticleWho doesn’t love “O Sole Mio”?
For some reason, I always think of that song when I think of Venice:) It is one of the most requested songs for Gondaliers to sing …… Yet it is a Neapolitan song. But this lovely beauty is all...
View ArticleGreedybread Treccia con arancia e cioccolato…
I have been fiddling round with brioche and buttery type breads since i tasted the Treccia in Taddeucci’s in Lucca… Now I can never hope to recreate it UNLESS they take me on as an apprentice… Here’s...
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