Great news, I am now officially able to bake a bread, using no yeast! I tried the sourdough from cookbook “Nourishing traditions”. The procedure involves making a 7 day starter out of rye flour and water. Following this, you use the starter with spelt, salt and water to bake the actual bread.
Why sourdough? Sourdough is a great recipe because the bread undergoes a process of fermentation in the same way as dosas in India or Injera in Ethiopia. The result is that you have a bread that is easily digestible and very flavorful and healthy. The best part for me was that I didn’t need to use yeast.
Here are pics.
Simple ingredients to a special bread – spelt, rye, salt and water
Bubbling starter
My wonderful kneading mixer
Dough after knead, before rising
Risen dough after 6 hours prior to baking
Final baked product – mine is the one closest to the camera
We had the bread with raw honey, and also as a pizza base. It was good:) Sourdough is now our new favorite!!
I also attended a food seminar presented by Sally Fallon, the author of Nourishing Traditions. Was great. I met this nice couple, the Brubakers, and we exchanged addresses. Last week I found a package in my mailbox with a sourdough that they made! It is the other bread in the picture above. Delicious! I sent my bread to them:)
My culinary experiments also led me to spring butter. It turns out that butter from green grass fed cows is the best. Luckily for me a local farmer carries spring butter, so now my freezer is full of 30 lbs of spring butter. Here’s a comparison between winter and spring butter. Note that the yellower the butter, the better it is.
Winter and spring butter, the difference is clear
Ending the blog with some pics of the girls. Next week is arts fest.. yay!
Tanya and Johan studying maps and co-ordinates
Lemont train tracks
Playing doctors to a very co-operative patient
Tanya and Leena with a gleeful Papa on the forklift
Tanya is becoming skilled at sewing. She made Stitch from Leroy and Stitch all by herself. Here she is working the thread in a needle.
Tanya making stitch from Leroy and stitch.
Leena shelling peas – mom’s helper
The last picture is of Herman the chipmunk with Tanya’s friend Wyatt, Tanya and Leena. Wyatt’s mom Sandy found Herman behind the school. Young Herman was hurt and Sandy took him in. Unfortunately poor Herman didn’t survive being away from his home. He now lives in our blog.
Herman the chipmunk
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