Off Topic: Bread Recipe Request

cybrus

cybrus

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Since there isn't any food forum, I figured this would be the next place to post. I want to start (or at least try) making bread at home and rather than just search the web for recipes, I thought I'd ask some of our resident chefs if they have any good bread recipes. Please post or PM if you don't mind sharing!
 
Oh, you're killing me here. I was such a great bread dough maker back in the early 90's and I've forgotten the recipe, as far as measures go. I did it all by hand, the whole shpiel, two risings, etc. The only thing I didn't know back then was about adding gluten flour for elasticity, so my breads were crumbly. If I remember anything, I'll get back to you. I used rye flour, whole wheat flour, all kinds of flours, I was really into experimenting. I wound up making pizzas a lot of times, because I discovered my homemade spaghetti sauce, along with shredded mozzarella, made a great pizza.
 
I sure aint no baker!! :lol: Lemme give you a resource I use quite often. http://www.recipesource.com. When I was just a pup I used to bake bread with my mother. I dunno, I was around 6 or 7 and she would give me a piece of dough to shape or play with and by the time I was done with it, it had everything from dog hair to geezzz I don't know what else stuck to it. She never let me eat that bread, I wonder why :shock: . Anyway the one guy that stands out, as an inspiration and mentor to me is Jaques Pepan. His book Le Methode has saved me many times. Jaques came up from washing dishes and sweeping floors. I have found through my many years, that the guys that grow up in the kitchen generally do the best. NOT to say our fine young Chefs coming out of the many Academies are not great, it's just that when it's in your blood from the get go, you just seem to do better. I had a love for cooking meat from the age of ten. I was a competitive swimmer and part of my routine was to have a Pittsburgh Style Porterhouse Steak the night before my swim meet. It grossed out my mom but for me, Black and Blue was the only way to cook a steak (still is). Oh shoot, I got a little OT here, my wife always says "You gotta make it about you" well sorry about that. Try that web site and then let us all know how your bread turned out. :D
 
IMO, the best homemade bread is sourdough. Go to the local specialty market and pick up a sourdough starter kit. Or, ask Axe, San Fran is famous for their sourdough starters.
 
Just after I got married, I used to do a lot of breadmaking - a very good book for that is by a fellow called James Beard, it called "On Bread" or something very similar your local library should have a copy.

Foodtv.com is another good place for almost any kind of recipe that you can imagine, you can print it off the internet, and if you don't like it, just delete it.

There you go!! Have fun, breadmaking is almost as much fun as cigars.
 
Bikeman said:
There you go!! Have fun, breadmaking is almost as much fun as cigars.
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:dunno:

To each thier own I guess, just keep the bread out of the humi...it won't age as well!!!
 
Bikeman said:
Just after I got married, I used to do a lot of breadmaking - a very good book for that is by a fellow called James Beard, it called "On Bread" or something very similar your local library should have a copy.

Foodtv.com is another good place for almost any kind of recipe that you can imagine, you can print it off the internet, and if you don't like it, just delete it.

There you go!! Have fun, breadmaking is almost as much fun as cigars.
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Back in the late 70's and early 80's, I used James Beard's book, "Beard on Bread" a LOT. It's a very good book, and easy to follow. Highly recommended.
 
One of the coolest things for me was going to do stuff around the house, or just watch TV or read, and coming back to see the various stages of dough rising. :mrgreen:
 
I'll second the Sourdough (you can make your own starter with some yogurt) but I wouldn't start off with that, it can be a little tricky. I'd start with a basic French bread recipe first. Then you can start to experiment.

Baking bread can be a very Zen like experience. Enjoy
 
Ahhhh, at last, the Cavalry has arrived. One of our premier and resident bakers, Special Ed has chimed in. Wait'll you see his recipe for 12 minute key lime pie.
 
cybrus said:
Since there isn't any food forum, I figured this would be the next place to post. I want to start (or at least try) making bread at home and rather than just search the web for recipes, I thought I'd ask some of our resident chefs if they have any good bread recipes. Please post or PM if you don't mind sharing!
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Food's advice for recipiesource.com is real good. I've referred to that site for a few years now, though like some of the recipies written for my school by Le Cordon Bleu, many need a little tweaking. I'll PM you when I get back to my place in S.F. tomorrow. I brought most of my own recipes up there when I began school.

It's funny, I'll never be a baker or pastry chef since I can't stand the hours, and I'm not a primadonna as most of them are (some of them told me so :lol: ), but I do have a knack for it.

And Capt is right on, since I've been up there I've been making many varieties of sourdough bread.
 
1.5 cups water
2 cups white flour
1.5 cups cups brown flour
.5 cups rye flour
1 tablespoon sugar
1 teaspoon salt
1-1/8th teaspoons yeast-
4 hours 10 minutes yields 1 loaf 2 pounder
 
I used to call dough kneading bread therapy. I always did it twice because it felt soo good.

But like motion said, keep it out of the humi for sure!!
 
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