It's finally official... we've left beautiful Brighton by the sea and moved much closer to work, in dreary ol' London. The downside is that I no longer have a Waitrose, M&S, and Topshop within metres of my house. Upside is that we now have a garden, and a kitchen to DIE for.... which is making me feel extremely domestic.
I left work early on Thursday, and thought I fancied a bit of Stepford bliss in my gorgeous new kitchen. What could be more domestic than baking bread!
I used a combination of white flour and strong bread flour - which made it nice and squishy. I also sprinkled lots of flour on top, and put a dish of water in the oven, which made the nice crusty top. And check out the lines I made with a knife! Makes it look like proper artisan bakery bread!
And boy does kneading feel properly good after a stressful week at work!
But the taste.... mmmm the taste. Homemade bread is just a completely different food than store bought bread. No improvers or masses of water to give it structure.... just good old fashioned flour and yeast. Yum!
