sourdough bake off

I'm a London-based architect and an amateur baker. I have been looking after a rye-based sourdough culture since 2012 and this blog is about my most memorable creations.

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An imaginative bread making studio!

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New flour has arrived. I've been testing slow bread making with almost no kneading and a 24h prove in the cold kitchen, which seems to work well!

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If you've not seen Paul Hollywood's City Bakes yet, then you're in for a treat! I like how any cathedral he encounters on his travels looks like a meringue to him and that he can't hide it if he's not keen on something he's tasting!

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“Bread Makers” by Viktor Starostin (1987)

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...the best cinnamon rolls I've ever tried

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Still Life with Apples and a round bread, 1948, Zinaida Serebriakova

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The breadseller from rue Lepic, 1927, Zinaida Serebriakova

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Caraway, coriander and sunflower seed embroidery on a rye bread canvas

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double baked rye bread crackers - excellent with soup

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The best home fragrance product on the market

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Seeds are my decoration of choice, this time it was sunflower

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something's brewing... a start of something beautiful

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A throw-back to UK lockdown flour deficit, when I had to resort to some weird corner-shop-bought white flour, which for some reason did not result in any Maillard reaction at all, even after the usual 55min at 200C (never mind the shape)!

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Oat bran is the star ingredient in this loaf, to make it a bit healthier I guess

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The ultimate treat? I'd say so!