Puff Pastry

September 26, 2008 | Posted by Lorena as Bread Recipe at 10:09 pm | Comments »

puff pastry

Interested in making your own puff pastry? Here is a complete guide with step by step instructions and even recipes.

Grilled Mediterranean Sandwiches

September 5, 2008 | Posted by Lorena as Bread Recipe, Vegetable Recipes, Weight Watchers Recipe & Handy Info at 6:26 am | Comments »

sandwich

Ingredients

1 eggplant, sliced into strips
2 red bell peppers
2 tablespoons olive oil, divided
2 portobello mushrooms, sliced
3 cloves garlic, crushed
4 tablespoons mayonnaise
1 (1 pound) loaf focaccia bread

What’s next
Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C).
Brush eggplant and red bell peppers with 1 tablespoon olive oil; use more if necessary, depending on sizes of vegetables. Place on a baking sheet and roast in preheated oven. Roast eggplant until tender, about 25 minutes; roast peppers until blackened. Remove from oven and set aside to cool.
Meanwhile, heat 1 tablespoon olive oil and saute mushrooms until tender. Stir crushed garlic into mayonnaise. Slice focaccia in half lengthwise. Spread mayonnaise mixture on one or both halves.
Peel cooled peppers, core and slice. Arrange eggplant, peppers and mushrooms on focaccia. Wrap sandwich in plastic wrap; place a cutting board on top of it and weight it down with some canned foods. Allow sandwich to sit for 2 hours before slicing and serving.

How to make pizza dough

March 3, 2008 | Posted by Lorena as Bread Recipe at 10:35 pm | Comments »

Homemade pizza tastes so much better than the storebought variety. It’s also pretty easy once you get the hang of it. Just follow this simple video from the people behind Pizza Therapy.

No Knead Bread

March 2, 2008 | Posted by Lorena as Bread Recipe, Uncategorized at 10:41 pm | Comments »

Nothing beats freshly baked bread — but most of us shy away from the task of having to knead it. However, there is a new method that involves absolutely no kneading.

You get a loaf with a crispy crust and lots of holes in the inside. Definitely much better than the store bought variety but admittedly a little short of the traditional bread. Anyway — at least you didn’t have to sweat!

Secrets to perfect bread

February 28, 2008 | Posted by Lorena as Bread Recipe at 10:16 pm | Comments »

Thinking of baking bread? It’s not as complicated as you may fear. Here are some tried and tested tips to getting that perfect golden loaf.

1. Place a small dish of water in the oven when you bake bread. This prevents the crust from becoming a dark, ugly brown or getting too hard.
2. Grease pans with shortening. Unlike butter or margarine, the batter won’t absorb it.
3. After you’ve baked the bread, rub the crust with shortening so they won’t become hard.
4. Control your water temperature. If it’s too hot it’ll kill the yeast. Check the temperature on your forearm.
5. Sift the flour.
6. If you use a gas pan, lower the prescribed temperature by 25 degrees.

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