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A Ciabatta Bread Recipe that consists of 2 stages. A well developed Poolish, and a long and slowly proofed dough. Make a “Poolish” first Ingredients – Grams Bread Flour 100 Water 100 Dry Yeast 2 Mix the ingredients and let it ferment for at least 2 hours. I left this one overnight, to develop […]
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I always wanted to make Homemade Pasta. I never got around to getting a pasta machine. Sure, you can roll and cut by hand, but to make good homemade pasta you need to roll the dough to the right thickness consistently. Today was Father’s Day. I was presented an Imperia Homemade Pasta Machine in honor of
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Pugliese Bread is a simple white loaf with an open crumb and a chewy crust. A yeasted biga is a basis for this bread. The key to the open crumb is hydration of > 70%. This bread gets its name from the region of Puglia on the south-eastern tip of Italy. This bread is great
Simple Grilled Lamb chops were on the menu today. Lamb has always been the least popular of all red meats in North America. Most people prefer beef, pork and veal over lamb, mainly because availability and tradition. After living in Europe and the Middle East for many years, I came to realize the taste of
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Chicken Poblano Soup is a tasty way to incorporate some fresh peppers into your diet. I decided to whip up a quick soup today and started out with a trip to the supermarket. Chicken, poblano peppers, limes, cilantro, corn tortillas and some grated Mexican blend cheese were the main ingredients. I picked up a couple
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It’s Flooding down in Texas San Antonio had the 2nd highest daily rainfall total on Saturday May 25, 2013. Although the property damage and loss of life are unfortunate consequences of this heavy deluge, Texas could always use water. The past few years have been pretty dry. However this water will go a long way
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