"Never enough cook books" is my motto. One might call it unreasonable, having a look at my shelves groaning under the weight of the cook books in several languages, but any enthusiastic cook and cook book collector will understand me (I hope). Earlier this week I have reviewed an excellent cook book on bread- see my review of Perfecting Sourdough. This book was written by Jane Mason, founder of Virtuous Bread.
It is an "ultimate companion for those wanting to master the art of baking with starters and wild yeast".
There are forty two recipes in total including basic breads (for example, ciabatta and French bread) and some truly fancy ones (Jasmine Tea buns sound particularly enticing, so does an Austrian Christmas bread).
I like that there are pages of possible problems and solutions, I find them very useful.
I baked a savoury gingerbread with molasses, following the recipe from the book, and it was a delicious bread.
Lovely people from ApplePress have offered a copy of this excellent cook book as a giveaway prize for my blog readers.
One lucky blog reader will win a copy of Perfecting Sourdough.
T&Cs:
The giveaway is open to the UK residents only.
Once the Rafflecopter picks the winner, I will contact them regarding address details, if they do not reply within 28 day, the prize will be allocated to another person.
Please don't forget to leave a comment, as it is the only mandatory step, I will make sure the winner selected by Rafflecopter has complied with T&Cs.
The prize will be dispatched by ApplePress.
The giveaway will close on 20 June 2016 (at midnight)
Good luck!
a Rafflecopter giveaway
And the winner of the book is Petra B. Big well done! Sorry, there is a glitch on the gadget and it refuses to display the name.
Good luck!
No, I have never made it but I have bought it several times and really enjoy it as a change!
ReplyDeleteNo I have never baked Sourdough bread or tried it, I would love to learn how to bake it :)
ReplyDeleteI have made it, just a wheat one, my starter died though, so be good to read where I went wrong.
ReplyDeleteI haven't baked it but my husband bakes it a couple of times a week. He uses a wheat starter.
ReplyDeletehaving never baked one; still a novice baker but would like to in due course
ReplyDeleteive never baked with it. i intend to try though
ReplyDeletei've never actually tried to bake one
ReplyDeleteNo, never tried to make it but would like to have a go
ReplyDeleteNo,I have never made sourdough.
ReplyDeleteI LOVE sourdough - bagels, boules, baguettes... have to say a rich rye sourdough boule is my fave
ReplyDeleteI haven't - I love it, but not yet been brave enough to work on my own yeast. Worried I will kill it and it will all go wrong. So stick to the bought stuff.
ReplyDeleteNo I have never baked Sourdough bread but I've tried it before and enjoyed it so I'll try making it one of these days.
ReplyDeleteNo I haven't but my sister bakes a lot of bread and is encouraging me to try.
ReplyDeleteI haven't tried yet, but it's on my list xx
ReplyDeleteNot yet but I do like sour dough bread
ReplyDeleteI'm very new to baking and just getting started and I love the idea of making my own sourdough bread in the Morning
ReplyDeleteNo, never tried yet!
ReplyDeleteI have never made it, but like to try
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ReplyDeleteI haven't made this before but would like to try
ReplyDeleteI've not made it, but have loved an American friend's sour dough bread. It makes gorgeous toast too.
ReplyDeleteNo I have never tried it
ReplyDeleteNo, I have never made it x
ReplyDeleteNo,I have never made sourdough.
ReplyDeleteI have never made sour dough but its next on my hit list
ReplyDeleteI haven't made it before but always wanted to try it.
ReplyDeleteI've never tried it or made it so I'd love to have a go!
ReplyDeleteYes, I bake sourdough bread every 4 or 5 days or so - as I have grown up in Germany and for years was unable to get sourdough bread in the UK (until recently) this was the only way to do it! I use a "white leaven" starter and my favourite loaves are linseed/marmite (yes really), potato/rosemary, dark malted and multi-seed. I would love to try out some new variations from this book.
ReplyDeleteNo - but had Bohemian Rye Bread in Hawaii
ReplyDeleteNo I've never baked a sourdough bread, but I'd love to have a go!
ReplyDeleteI have never baked it myself but would love to try
ReplyDeleteI have heard of it, but have never tried it before. Would like to though!
ReplyDeleteNo I haven't tried it yet, I bake other breads but heard this is supposed to be tricky .x
ReplyDeleteI'm all new to this - love to have a go
ReplyDeleteI make dough a lot but haven't made sourdough.
ReplyDeleteJust to let you know that the book arrived today - absolutely chuffed to be the winner! :-)
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