Sourdough Banana Bread
I make this the first time on holiday at the beach – overripe bananas, sourdough starter, flour and a little salt and that’s all. And it was spectacularly good. In the weeks since, I’ve tried adding...
View ArticleGrandma’s Wholemeal Sourdough Rusks for Babies and Grownups
Teo is eleven months old and everything gets the test: bite it, bang it, throw it. First time I made these I made just…
View ArticleSourdough Crackers
Someone asked me not long ago if I make sourdough crackers. They are so easy they are scarcely a recipe at all. Just sourdough starter, wholemeal flour, oil, salt, and perhaps some sesame or poppy...
View ArticleFig and Rosemary Schiacciata
This fig and rosemary schiacciata (or focaccia? I’m not sure of the difference) was recipe-writing worthy. It starts with a sourdough and a rosemary infused honey oil, for which you need almost no time...
View ArticleA Busy Person’s Sourdough
For several years now through busy times and camping holidays and all the inevitable ordinary routine-breakers of life, baking our own bread has made the cut – something worth doing even when time is...
View ArticlePumpkin and Macadamia Sourdough Scrolls
The macadamias are just getting cured enough to start using now, and the pumpkin stack on the verandah shows no signs of going down. This recipe makes 10. That many is easy to make and they are at...
View ArticleVery Inauthentic Pumpkin Wat with Sourdough Injera
These very inauthentic teff-less injera have become somewhat of a staple in our house, preferred to chapati for going with curry, preferred to flatbread for going with tagines, preferred to crepes for...
View ArticleSourdough Rosemary Crackers
I forgot about the party. I had half an hour to get a plate together to take. Woops. This is such a good, easy, fast recipe, and if you have sourdough culture going and rosemary in the garden, it's all...
View ArticleSourdough Pita Pockets for Lunchboxes
I make two wholemeal pita pockets fresh every morning for my grandkids' lunchboxes. It sounds like it entitles me to grandma of the year award, but in fact it's so ridiculously fast and easy. It's one...
View ArticleSourdough Crispbread
There's something about sourdough - the simplest of ingredients, the living culture, the soft resilience of the dough as you handle it, the mindfulness in being a day ahead of need - no matter how busy...
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