I had the chance to taste a lot of wines last week. And I mean a lot!
Continue reading “Unconventional wines”A visit to Requena
We visited Requena last month. Why not? It’s good to do something different and get out of our Russafa capsule!
Plus it has something that we’re deeply interested in: wines, and we got to try the new high speed train line from Valencia—or, new to us at least, as it’s been running for a while now. Double bonus!
Continue reading “A visit to Requena”First attempt at making Altamura bread: I made a rock
As I mentioned, I have a stash of Italian flours at home and I’m attempting to make breads in different Italian styles. There’s more than pizza, ciabatta and focaccia!
My first attempt was to make a bread in the style of the pane di Altamura. But I was too impatient and didn’t wait until my semi-dormant starter was sufficiently lively again, so I made a nice looking rustic rock. It smells amazing, but it didn’t rise a lot, so it’s quite compact inside (it can be eaten in thin slices, haha!)
That said I got to practice handling the dough and folding it, so there will be less new concepts to learn at once the next time I attempt making this.
Continue reading “First attempt at making Altamura bread: I made a rock”Fermentation: it’s everywhere
I was reading about how wine is produced and it struck me that fermentation is involved in many products I enjoy.
Note: this will probably not be a TOTALLY SCIENTIFICALLY ACCURATE article, because my engineering degree is in Computer Science and I did not study much Biology (but I did study Chemistry!). Regardless, I wanted to share the patterns I’ve noticed, because I found them so interesting!
Continue reading “Fermentation: it’s everywhere”Falling into the Italian bread hole
Happy new year everybody!
After the break, we’re back with a lot of curiosity and interest in perfecting our cooking.
May this be the year in which you master anything that has been bugging you, or maybe the year in which you learn something new that you did not even know existed and it brings you lots of pleasure!
Which in my case seems to be Italian flour and breads. Brace yourselves…
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