Hello all,
Since I've made use of several recipes on here now I thought I should pop on and say thanks plus share a couple of photos of my Pain De Campagne which is based on this post: http://weightloss-slim.fit/node/3934/thom-leonards-country-french%3C/a%3E%3Cbr%3E%3Cbr%3EA few tweaks were made to account for a cold kitchen and a slightly unenthusiastic Starter. I doubled the amount of starter in the Levain and added a pinch of dried active yeast to the flour mix as an insurance policy. Got a good rise, lovely crunchy crust and excellent flavour all round. Huzzah!
Boule the first (excuse the blur it was 8am and I'd had no coffee):
Boule the second (shaping, slashing fail but good oven spring):
And a slice/crumb shot in its element with a poached egg, butter and black pepper:
Welcome and congrats!
Welcome along Sam,
I'm up the road in Northumberland.
Very nice bread
Best wishes
Andy
Welcome, Sam, to TFL.:) I'm down in the south, just outside London, though originally from Japan ....about a quarter of century ago.
Your bread looks great, especially the crumb. Look forward to more of your posts.:)
I shall look forward to trying out some more of the recipes on here.
And occasionally passing them off to my girlfriend as my own...