If like me, you’ve succumbed to sourdough baking, you’ll be searching for more ways to use up your frothy starter. Beyond the basic sourdough boule, there are a host of things that you can use a sourdough starter for – including focaccia (which literally means ‘flatbread’). While making focaccia isn’t tricky, it’s certainly not just…
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Pan Con Tomate Recipe
Today I’m making pan con tomate (bread with tomato), one of my favourite Spanish dishes. I first tasted this harbourside in Cabo de Palos when I was on holiday in Murcia in South East Spain where I spotted people ordering it for breakfast. I have it every time I visit now, with a glass of…
French Tartine Recipes
Possibly the best cheese on toast in the world – Goats Cheese and Grilled Pepper Tartine. What is a tartine? Originally made with a long slice of baguette sliced horizontally then spread with whatever happened to be leftover in the house (the word tartiner in French means to spread), today’s tartines are made with a…
The Sourdough Saga – Sourdough Bread from Scratch
Lessons from a Sourdough Bread Novice. These days, it seems, everyone is making sourdough bread. Want to join in the fun? It’s addictive, but you need time and patience if you are starting from scratch. That said, once you have got the hang of things, it’s a cheap and easy way to provide your daily…