Since travelling to Mexico we’re hooked on fresh tortillas. Our first tortilla press was a bought one, made of cast aluminium, which just didn’t seem to work very well. So we decided to make our own press based on a model we saw being used by a street vendor in Melaque. Should you become enthusiastic enough…… Continue reading tortillas
Category: bread
pizza 2
More pizza ideas. Here is the recipe for the base. This one is reminiscent of Mexican food with tomato paste, Provoletta (a cheese mix would work too), chorizo, corn, red onion, green chilli and fresh coriander to serve: And this one has 3 cheeses (Provoletta, Gorgonzola and Parmesan) with thinly sliced zucchini, black pepper and…… Continue reading pizza 2
pizza
Everyone loves to make their own pizza, so I divide a batch of dough into pizza-sized balls, prepare all the topping ingredients and let everyone else take over! A pizza stone (or unglazed terracotta tiles) preheated in a hot oven or covered barbecue does an excellent job of cooking the pizzas. For the dough, take…… Continue reading pizza
bread
I read somewhere that you can use whey (left over from cheese making) in bread, so I tried it in these loaves. The dark ones are made with 4 cups each or dark rye mix and organic white flour, 6 teaspoons of dry yeast, 3 teaspoons of bread improver, 6 teaspoons of sugar, a tablespoon…… Continue reading bread
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