Tag: wheat

No knead bread/Chleb bez wyrabiania

Delicious bread, easy to prepare, baked in a glass oven proof dish. It is soft and fluffy inside and crunchy on the outside. The dough doesn’t require kneading. Just mix all the ingredients with a spoon for a minute or two and leave to proof. …


Herbes de Provence bread/Chleb z ziołami prowansalskimi

This is one of the easiest breads I’ve ever made. It has perfect crust, lovely soft crumb and amazing herby flavour. The dough is very loose, stretchy and sticky but doesn’t require long mixing or kneading, only until all ingredients are well combined. In other words, my lazy experiment turns out to be a successful…


Polish sourdough bloomer/Polski na zakwasie

This is a kind of bread I remember from my childhood. Rye and wheat sourdough bread with shiny crust and  full of flavour, slightly sour crumb. The smell of freshly baked bread that just came out of the oven brings back those carefree childhood memories. We used to have a small bakery opposite my primary…


Seeded spelt bread rolls/Orkiszowe bułeczki z ziarnami

The mindfulness of a lump of dough and its ability to go as the mood takes it is partly why baking gives me so much pleasure… I quite like the element of surprise. This is why there is so much beauty in a handmade loaf, each side slightly different from the other, every way you…


Everyday bread/Chleb powszedni

This is just a basic, white bread. It is quick and easy to make, however… it has that delicious, golden crust – crunchy but not too hard. Just before placing in the oven, the bread is covered with a thick paste made of flour and water. And that’s what gives us this characteristic, cracked surface….


Whole-rye and whole-wheat sourdough bread/Razowy chleb pszenno-żytni na zakwasie

This bread is made with a combination of white bread flour, whole-wheat flour and sourdough based on whole-rye flour. The “pre-ferment” is prepared the day before and left to ripen for 12-16 hours. The whole process of making this bread takes minimum effort and gives us great results – the moist centre, somewhat denser crumb with…