After my successful bread and roll making sessions two weeks ago, I started researching on how to make my bread even better. Last year I tried the no-knead bread developed by Jim Lahey which you’ll find here: (http://www.sullivanstreetbakery.com/recipes). This was delicious but I want to use less white flour in my kitchen. What makes Jim’s … Continue reading
I got bitten by the bread baking virus two weeks ago. One of my teaching colleagues Andreas, a master baker, kindly allowed me to sit in, or rather stand in, on one of his baking lessons. There were three female students there from a notoriously difficult challenging class which was making rolls and pastries for … Continue reading
Well, it’s rhubarb time again here. Since my step-son loves anything rhubarb, I’d thought I’d brighten up the breakfast table with some rhubarb jam. Since he also loves mango, this recipe was double delicious. The recipe is from the German Thermomix recipe forum http://www.rezeptwelt.de. Use your google translator if you don’t speak German to flick … Continue reading
Another recipe from the German Thermomix recipe site. It’s nothing spectacular, just something you can get on the table quickly during the week. I veganised the recipe by using olive oil (but on hindsight I prefer butter) and soya cream. Oh, and I added a LOT more pepper to my plate and used more than … Continue reading
First day back at school today after the Easter holidays and I am in no mood to cook. This is a recipe from the German Thermomix recipe database submitted by a forum member, sa-anne. I used frozen chives (ready chopped) because our local supermarket only gets fresh deliveries from Tuesday to Saturday which means that … Continue reading
Well, two more days before school starts again after the Easter holidays and I’m in a bit of a rut. It’s quite chilly outside and the flat isn’t much warmer. So I’m grateful to the internet surfer who was looking for a recipe for raisin bread from the Thermomix or bread machine. It gave me … Continue reading
One of the great things about being a teacher is that occasionally you get a postcard out of the blue from an ex-student who is studying or working somewhere outside Germany and wants to tell me what he or she is up to. It’s amazing in what ways they further their studies, their vocational training … Continue reading
