Bread: Part 3 – Tassajara Yeasted

Posted on March 20, 2012 by Kitoula

Today I made bread for the first time following the Tassajara Yeasted Bread recipe. My last two posts have also been about the preparation of this event.

I made the bread without a mixer, or a bread machine, using just a bowl, a spoon and my hands. Oh… and a couple of bread pans and a hot oven.

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with flour

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kneaded and set to rise

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risen after 45 minutes

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then punched down

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only to rise again after 45 minutes

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then kneaded and ready for the oven

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baked bread

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sliced

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the contentment of success

“The food will taste better when the cook is joyful.” Edward Espe Brown

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Bread: Part 2 – From the beginning

Posted on March 17, 2012 by Kitoula

Ten days ago I shared my desire to bake bread. Here’s my progress so far. I’ve begun reading The Tassajara Bread Book that arrived from Amazon. The Tassajara Bread Book is written by Edward Espe Brown, a Soto Zen Buddhist priest, teacher and chef.  His website is The Peaceful Sea Sangha and he has a Facebook page.

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I bought the basic ingredients for making Tassajara Yeasted bread. I went shopping at Restaurant Depot for kitchen supplies. I purchased two bread pans and a new board.pans board 1024x576 Bread: Part 2 From the beginning
The Tassajara Yeasted Bread recipe is the basis for all the other recipes in the book, so it seems like the right place to start. The Washington Post calls The Tassajara Bread Book the “The Bible of bread baking”. I’m hoping to have a religious experience.

 

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