More Breads !

08 May 2008


Foccacia ! Another one of my favourites. Dip that into olive oil mixed with balsamic vinegar...yummy. Come to think of it, I won't mind making this at home. It's quite easy to do and I like to eat it anyway. ... which reminds me... I'd better start practising all these recipes and get used to doind so with my own appliances. I wonder if it will taste at least 90% like what I bake at baking school ? My mixer's so tiny compared to what we've been using so far. Even the oven is a midget now !



Ingredients for Foccacia

Ingredients for the German Muesli Bread


Both the Honey & Carrot Bread and the German Muesli Bread

Pretzels Anyone ?

06 May 2008

Yummy! I love pretzels and so does my aunt !! We made a Pumpkin Bread, Brioche and my favourite pretzel today. Also got to watch a video on how pretzels are made. Looked very easy on video but let me tell you that it is not so. Trying to tie the pretzel is another different story. The pumpkin bread was good coz I like pumpkin anyway. But the brioche, to me, is too much work for nothing ! Have alook at the picture of the brioche and maybe you'll agree with me ?












Ingredients for the Pumpkin Bread

Ingredients for the Honey Pretzel

My First Knitted Shawl !

05 May 2008

Didn't take photos of the stuff that I had knitted or crocheted the last time so when my mother asked me to re-do this shawl I took the opportunity to take a photo of it before undoing it ! This was the first item I ever knitted when I decided to take up knitting. My mother said that it was too heavy for her to use... now that I am holding on to it ... how very true ! Hahaha! Anyway, if you look at the photo you can see that they were'nt very good stitches ! Well, since I'm more into crocheting now, I've decided to crochet a shawl for her and instead of using 3 yarns at one go, I'll split them up. That way I can even make 3 different shawls ! Or maybe, a shawl, a hat and a small bag ?

Notice that the sides are not very even ? Hahaha!

Sweet, Sweet Breads

03 May 2008 - 3rd lesson today! Today's breads are the most fattening ! Aaaargggh! We made Sausage Rolls, Red Bean Buns, Coconut Buns, Tuna Buns, Chicken Floss Buns and also the Mexican Coffee Bun (which is like the RotiBoy that is sold in some stores in KL). We tried out different ways of making the buns look more interesting instead of just a round blob ! Here are some pictures !

Healthy Breads

29 April 2008 - had my second lesson today in bread baking. We made 'healthy' breads today.. meaning breads with no sugar in the recipe. The baguette was actually fun to make... and I think I'm beginning to get the hang of it already. We also got to watch some videos on the bread making processes and there was one where this baker did it entirely with his hands (no mixer was used)! I assume it will be extremely tiring if I ever tried that myself! We won't be having any lessons on Thursday as it is Labour Day so I really can't wait till class on Saturday. We'll be making sweet breads then.

01 May 2008 - I kept some of the bread from Tuesday, in the fridge and we had them today with some hams that my brother and sister in law brought back from their holiday in Eastern Europe. It was yummy and even my father liked the breads ! Mom made a mediterranean style salad to go with it and that was delicious too. Too bad we didn't have any Hungarian wine, so instead we had Chilean wine to go with the hams!

Here are some photos of the breads baked on Tuesday.

The one at the top (big fat one) is the French Country Bread, the long one is the French Baguette, the one with some stuff on the top (right below) is the Wholemeal bread.

Another closer shot of the French Country Bread

And another of the Wholemeal Bread.