Introduction Flour: I use unbleached baker’s flour from the supermarket. Choose something with a high protein content. Baker’s percentage: proportion of ingredient in relation to flour (this is not the mathematical percentage).For example, if you add 100g of rye flour…
Gas Struts for A’van Bin Lids
A constant problem with the bins at the front of the A’van is having to hold the lids up by hand (or maybe jamming something there to hold them up). Of all the possible solutions I thought gas struts would…
Replacing A’van Curtain Tracks
The curtains in my 2009 A’van Cruiser have three problems: The tracks and curtain headers are cheap plastic rubbish. They do not slide easily and tend to grab on the screws that attach the rail to the body of the…
Replacing A’van Tail Lamps
The tail lamps installed on my (2009) A’van Cruiser are horrid. They use festoon bulbs, which are totally unreliable. Festoon bulbs rely on feeble spring pressure to stay in place and to deliver the necessary current. If water gets in,…
Traditional German Rye Bread
There is a wonderful sourdough German rye bread recipe in Emmanuel Hadjiandreou’s book How to Make Bread. A version of this recipe can be found on the Root Simple website. This is a great recipe for someone who works all…
Beetroot Sourdough
Once again I have tried a new recipe from Emmanuel Hadjiandreou’s book ‘How to Make Bread’. It was beetroot sourdough, a lovely pink polka-dotted bread that went very well with dinner. It is essentially grated beetroot added to a white…
No-Knead Sourdough Bread
The Artisan Bread in Five Minutes a Day website describes a method of making bread without kneading. There is also an accompanying book. The method described uses yeast and the recipes use US measures. Converting these recipes to grams and…
Sourdough Baguettes
Today I tried a sourdough baguette recipe from The Fresh Loaf. I modified the recipe slightly to suit my scales, which can only measure to the nearest 5g, and made only two baguettes from half the dough. I put the…
Wholegrain Sourdough Rye Bread
This is another recipe I have tried from Emmanuel Hadjiandreou’s book, How to Make Bread. It is mostly cracked rye grain. It is his version of pumpernickel. It’s quite dark (though not as dark as real pumpernickel) and moist. Ready…
Sourdough Focaccia
I searched the Internet for a sourdough focaccia recipe but couldn’t find one that was satisfactory. They all used US cups and tablespoons that don’t translate well to other countries. A US cup holds 237 mL whereas an Australian cup…