tag:dreamwidth.org,2009-05-04:264271 more stuff than life mrsbrown 2013-01-21T04:46:18Z tag:dreamwidth.org,2009-05-04:264271:306744 2013-01-21T04:46:18Z 2013-01-21T04:46:18Z public 1 This was going to be a class outline for one breadmaking class, but I think there's too much I want to share to fit just one class. Here's what I can tell people about;<br /><ul><li>Ovens - history, construction, how to fire, how to cook stuff other than bread.</li><li>Bread - process, routines at home and at Festival, sourdough and yeast</li><li>Cooking bread without an oven - flat bread recipes, cooking techniques</li></ul><br />And, now I think about it, I can also run;<ul><li>Currant buns - tour of community bakery and watch currant buns come out of oven.&nbsp; Eat currant buns, materials charge of $2 per bun</li><li>Making faggots - kid friendly class on fuel for the bakery.&nbsp; Faggot makers will receive a currant bun.</li><li>Bread making with children - mucking around with dough.</li></ul><br /><strong>Bread making</strong> -about 10am on Friday<br /><br />Discuss flour - wholemeal, spelt, white<br />Discuss routines - sourdough and yeast, at home and at Festival<br />Make sourdough and shape loaves<br />Make sponge for next day&nbsp; (enough for current buns at current bun eating class on Sat)<strong><br /><br /></strong>Charge for materials<strong> - </strong>0.5kg flour per person - $2 each?<strong><br /><br />Ovens/Bakeries</strong> - Friday about 3pm<br /><br />How to fire - practical demonstration while talking <br />types of ovens - brick, wicker, cob<br />How used in period - central bakery, household bakery, communal bakery<br />Tools and equipment in the bakery<br /><strong><br />Cooking bread without an oven</strong> - in the morning sometime, 9am so the fire is still going?<br />&nbsp; <br />Make the following breads<br /><ul><li>sourdough in dutch oven and on flat plate</li><li>flat bread - with yeast</li><li>flat bread - with shortening</li></ul>Plan:<br /><br />pre-make bread dough for playing with, shape half into loaf<br />pre-heat dutch oven (tiny or borrow one) (5min)<br />mix yeast flat bread - leave to rise (20 min)<br />mix shortening flat bread (20min)<br />roll out some sourdough bread<br /><br />put loaf into cook in dutch oven (30min)<br />cook yeast flat bread on lid of saxburger/pizza stone (15min)<br />cook shortening flat bread (15min)<br />pull out bread<br /><br />eat and enjoy!<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=mrsbrown&ditemid=306744" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments