Last Monday
I received my package with seeds from the USA. A long time I wanted to plant beet sugar to
make our own molasses and maybe even sugar. But I could not find seeds in
Sweden and I looked in other European countries as well, but no one did sell seeds
in small portion. But at last I find a shop in Missouri the "BAKER CREEK HEIRLOOM SEEDS” and there I got them! I ordered also
some other seeds, an early sprouting broccoli, it´s an English heirloom variety
and it produce a lot of purple broccoli sprouts in the early spring. You plant
it in the autumn and all the winter it grows till the harvest in the early
spring. Of course, I bought some beans as well. I love beans and eat lots of
them. The Jacob´s cattle bean is an old variety from America, and as the name
says the look like a cow. A light-colored bean with dark spots. I´m curious how
it will taste… I was very surprised that I found one more seed package. It was
a gift from the shop. A Black Vernissage tomato. I had actually decided that I would
not plant tomatoes anymore, but it seems my fade decided differently…
But let´s baking a Dutch oven bread for now!
Often I bake
bread in my Dutch oven. This is not an electric oven or something like that,
but it means I bake in a large pan in my wood oven. I preheat this pan in the
oven and put the dough in it and it bake it for 45min. I create a sort of mini
oven in the oven. It makes it easier for me to handle the temperature and the bread
become so nice brown and crispy…
You need
for one bread
500gr flower (whole meal flower or all purpose,
what you like.)
½package dry yeast
Lite sugar
250-300ml water (37℃)
A little butter
1 ½ tsp. salt
- Tip the flour into a
bowl and mix in the yeast with the salt. Stir in the water, butter and sugar
Now bring together to make a soft dough – I use my hands, but a wooden spoon
works fine too. Tip onto a lightly floured surface and knead for 10 mins. It is
worth putting in the time to do this as it will pay off later with lovely airy
bread.
- Put it in the bowl
again a covered with a wet towel put I a warm place to rise, it takes most an
hour the first time. Push gently the dough flat and form it in a bal. Put it in
a little basket or bowl with the same measure as your Dutch oven pan. Let rise
another half an hour or so.
get the fire going before baking
put my Dutch oven in the oven
- Put it in the Dutch
oven which have preheated for at least 30min, covered with the lid, bake for
45min. in a hot oven.
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