Month: December 2012

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8 braided challah

Today I made an 8 braided challah.

The braid method is as follows:

  1. make 8 strands
  2. layout strands in a semi-circle radiating from a center point.
  3. think of the left strand as number 1 and count up to number 8 on the right.
  4. Each time you move a strand, the strands are renumbered per their actual location.
  5. Start with moving 8 under 7 and then over 1.
  6. 8 over 5
  7. 2 under 3 over 8
  8. 1 over 4
  9. 7 under 6 over 1
  10. repeat steps 6 – 9 till done

 

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Sourdough Starter – It’s alive!

Yup, it’s official, I’ve got it back 🙂  All this time later, I finally created a yoghurt/milk/flour version and it’s cooking along quite well 🙂

Yogurt Sourdough Starter

  • 1 cup milk–organic is best
  • 1 cup plain yogurt
  • 1 cup flour

Mix the milk and yogurt in something other than a metal container and put a lid on it but don’t let it completely seal since if things work right, the biproduct of this happy union will be gas–CO2–and you don’t want your container to explode or anything; that would be messy. Let that sit on your counter for 24 hours.

After 24 hours, dump in the flour and give it all a good stir. You’ll stir your starter everyday for the next 3-5 days. If it bubbles and smells a bit like bread and beer then you’ve succeeded! If there are no bubbles then it’s failed.