Recipes
How To’s
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What is Sourdough?
What is Sourdough? Sourdough is naturally leavened bread, which means instead of using a commercial yeast, you “grow” your own starter by fermenting flour and water. Flour contains wild yeasts and bacteria which produces the…
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Sprouting Grains for health
Sprouting Seeds for Health: A Guide to Sprouting Seeds at Home Sprouting seeds at home is an easy and affordable way to incorporate these nutrient-packed grains into your diet. This means you can have an all year round supply of fresh “greens” even without a garden. You will also increase the nutritional value of seeds…
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Bitters
What are “Bitters”? Bitters are a class of plants and herbs that taste bitter. We have bitter receptors through our digestive tract – the mouth, pancreas, liver, ear, nose, throat, brain and genitals all have bitter receptors. Most poisons are actually bitter, so we need to be very alert to the bitter flavor / compound. …
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Sourdough Tin Loaf
Flour A few words about flour. When making any bread, you would normally opt for a strong flour, that is to say that the flour has a high protein content (12-13%) and therefore good gluten. Some flour varieties are naturally high in protein an some aren’t. This makes following a recipe quite difficult. A high…