Posts Tagged bread

Spud Sunday: Bread For Thought

Potato upside-down bread made with soda bread dough, reminiscent of a deep-dish potato pizza or a potato focaccia but, then, not quite like either…


Bally-ma-Rachel

A most enjoyable few days at the Ballymaloe cookery school, learning a few things about baking with Rachel Allen…


There Really Is No Knead

I finally tried Jim Lahey’s no knead bread and boy was I glad I did – best looking crust I ever produced!


Flour Power

Meet one of my favourite flours, Abbey Stoneground, fabulous nutty flavour and just the thing for making whole wheat Irish soda bread.


Spud Sunday: Mr. Potato Bread

The use of potato in bread-making was not, in times past, an uncommon thing. It makes for moistness and works well with yeast. Herewith some classic potato bread, a la Elizabeth David.


Saucy Bread

Traditional bread sauce is one of my must-haves for Christmas dinner – milk sauce, infused with onion and cloves and thickened with breadcrumbs, it’s something I could eat any day of the year.


Waste Not, Want Not

I abhor food waste, so much so that, unless they are utterly inedible, I generally eat the results of my kitchen disasters. This cornbread of sorts is a case in point…