Tuesday 6th December.
Seeded bread and Chelsea buns:
Tuesday 29th November.
7 students today, making pizzas, sizzlers, jam doughnuts and chocolate and banana loaf:
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2 chocolate and banana loaves (one round and one folded calzone style) and some jam doughnuts |
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Chocolate and banana bread and jam doughnuts |
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Cheese and tomato pizza, sizzlers and chocolate and banana bread (you can see the effect of the two elements on the top of the loaf( |
Tuesday 22nd November.
Only six students today - the only man on the course, Joe, is on holiday and no new students turned up - which takes the pressure off a bit.
Focaccia,
iced buns and
pain au chocolat were on the menu - since I only have a few trays with a rim (necessary when baking focaccias with olive oil on top) - half the group did the loaf whilst the others did the sweet buns.
Already - only two weeks in, it's clear that everyone is becoming quite accomplished. Which is great for me - all I have to do now is to pass on a few tips and hints plus the odd technique. :)
However, I failed in a couple of aspects of these classes:
1. The session was marred by me singeing/burning Anne’s pain au chocolat and iced buns. She took it in good part, but I must pay more attention to the ovens. I’ve got 4 ovens in a row – what happens sometimes is that I’ll check the first 3, then get distracted and fail to check the fourth!
2. And, once again I forgot to take pics! Until right at the end, when I managed to catch Jane, Anna and Mary before they'd completely packed everything away. Not sure which is Jane's and which is Anna's:
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Iced buns, pain au chocolat and a rosemary and herb focaccia... |
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...as above, except it's a plain focaccia |
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Just caught these as Mary was packing them away in her cardboard box |
Next week, chocolate and banana bread, jam doughnuts, sizzlers and pizza! And maybe a new student!
Tuesday 15th November.
7 students for the first session (there were 9 in the register - one was on holiday, not sure what happened to the other one) all making soda bread and fancy dinner rolls.
Had a minor hiccup in that one of the ovens ceased to work halfway through, so we were juggling a bit to get everything baked - but we managed it. (I take 4 small ovens around with me, which enable me to turn any classroom into a kitchen. When I brought the offending oven home and tried it again, it was back in working order.)
But I've got another lovely bunch - I shall enjoy the next few weeks.
I'm going to try and take a pic of every bread the students make, but I didn't quite manage it this time.
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One fancy dinner roll and 5 blind mice! |
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Fancy dinner rolls and a fruit soda bread |
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And another fruit soda bread |
Trouble is, I always think of it too late - when the students have mostly packed their bread away.
I'll try and do better next time.
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