10 12, 2019

Terri’s Biga Recipe

By |2019-12-10T12:36:01-08:00December 10th, 2019|Recipes|

The secret to great bread is old dough. Not the “hey, I found this package of ready-bake biscuits at the back of the fridge” type of old dough, but the kind that turns a pretty good loaf into a delicious toasty, tangy, chewy, sensory delight. Old dough is the magic behind sourdough as well as many Italian, French and other breads and goes by names like “biga”, “poolish” and “starter.” Bakers call these “pre-ferments”, but it’s more accurate to call  [keep reading...]

26 11, 2019

Hot Sauce Batch 19 – entry 7

By |2019-11-26T08:25:54-08:00November 26th, 2019|Projects|

Another addition of 4 ounces or so of fresh peppers and a pinch of salt. Heavy rain last week knocked most of the remaining peppers off the plants, so we're coming to the end of fresh pepper additions for this year (yeah, I know, I write that every week -- but this time it's probably true). I'm going to let this ferment one more week then add oak and send the batch to age until March.

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