The bakers' thread

[Tom B]

So

Butcher number 2, who makes the better and cheaper pies, said pretty much the same, "grey meat" but the seasoning mix has lots of salt to keep the pink. The next time I am at the catering wholesalers ill have a look for pork pie seasoning! Edit: found it online.

https://butchers-sundries.com/products/pork-pie-seasoning?_pos=1&_sid=fed3934c0&_ss=r

Butcher 1 is quite tame and may well let me have a cupful if i ask.

Anyway.... Butcher 1's Pie

Butcher 2's Pie

To bring it back on thread a bit, I made some Naaaaaaaaa Breads - They're a bit like Naan Breads but differed so much from any sensible naan bread recipe that i cant really call then naan breads.
Still washed the warm up curry down well.

 

[T4tomo]

pork pie seasoning! Edit: found it online.

https://butchers-sundries.com/products/pork-pie-seasoning?_pos=1&_sid=fed3934c0&_ss=r

Its just salt and white pepper!!!

 

[Tom B]

Its just salt and white pepper!!!

Butcher 1 mentioned salt, pepper, mace and something else I forgot... I'll ask again next time I'm at his shop.

Mace seems quite a popular thing to mix with pork, I remember once trying to make my own Cumberland sausages and it was in the seasoning for that, and for a stuffing mix once made.

 

[Reynard]

You can substitute nutmeg for mace if you can't get the latter.

Mace is basically the outer casing of a nutmeg. The flavour is slightly different, but it's near enough that they're interchangeable.

 

[glasgowcyclist]

I honestly can’t remember the last time I made a sourdough. I stopped because my wife doesn’t like it and it’s too much for me to eat quickly enough before it goes stale.

However, her friend has asked me to make one so I thought I’d practise it first to see if I can still get my timings right. Plus, I had a starter to make.

It was looking fine when I put the shaped dough into the fridge last night but as soon as I turned it out onto the peel, it started to deflate. In fact it was quite flat and sad looking when I put it in the oven.

After 30 minutes, I was pleasantly surprised to see it had risen fairly well and was a reasonable looking loaf. Now I just need to wait for it to cool so I can do the taste test. Smells good and tangy though!

I think my slash should have been a little deeper.

 

[Always Cross]

I make 4 tin loaves at a time if they are big ones I cut them in half and freeze them. If I make sourdough too strong the wife won’t eat it so I cut it in half for the freezer.

 

[Dave 123]

I’ll park this here as I know you’ll appreciate it.

chilli and ginger jam. There are about 16 ring of fire in the mix, but also a generous pinch of bhut jolokia that I ground earlier in the week.


It’s hot and sweet. 6 jars, one for us, 5 for Christmas presents.

 

[Reynard]

I've been busy making tomato chutney and apple butter these last couple of days.

The Green Harveys from the community orchard are banging.

 

[Dave 123]

Following on from my non baking chilli jam, here is my chilli sea salt.
All made with my own dried and ground chilli of varying degrees of heat ( the hottest being bhut jolokia).

Some will be given as Christmas presents, some won’t!

I recently bought a little hand grinder from Amazon for 6 quid. It’s a very pleasant piece of apparatus.

 

[Svendo]

Following on from my non baking chilli jam, here is my chilli sea salt.
All made with my own dried and ground chilli of varying degrees of heat ( the hottest being bhut jolokia).

Some will be given as Christmas presents, some won’t!

I recently bought a little hand grinder from Amazon for 6 quid. It’s a very pleasant piece of apparatus.
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Do you grow herbs 🌿 as well as chillis 🌶️ ? 😉

 

[Dave 123]

Today has been the usual two sourdough loaves and the culmination of my gravadlax curing. I’ve just tasted a bit, it’s delicious!

Now I don’t have to hear “it stinks in this fridge” a million times a day!

 

[T4tomo]

My pie!

 

[Reynard]

My pie!

Oooo, now that looks fabby

 

[T4tomo]

More pie

 

[Julia9054]

English muffins from my Christmas present book given to me by my eldest.
New Year's day comfort food for the mildly hungover.