. le pain quotidien .

My friend Léa processed one of my B&W roll.

Back in november(?) I baked some leavened seedy bread, here's the process:

Recipe:

500g plain flour

1tsp salt

2 tbsp dry leaven (yeast)

seeds to your taste ( I put sunflower, linen, pumpkin seeds)

350ml lukewarm water

•In a large bowl combine all elements and knead until you obtain a flexible but non sticky dough.

•Let it rest for about 50 minutes under a humid cloth.

•Chase the air from your dough and put in your baking pan.

•Let it rest under a cloth for at least 1 hour in warm place (on top of a radiator for example or next to the fire place).

•Pre-heat your oven at 220ºC and bake your bread for 45 minutes then lower the heat to 180ºC and bake until you get a nice golden crust and baked inside (if you pick a knife in the bread and it comes back clean it is ready).

•Let it cool for a bit and enjoy a slice with butter...

* Simple pleasures *

Pour les frenchies:

500gr de farine de blé complet AB
1c.à.c de sel
2 c.à.s de levain bio (épeautre ou blé) AB
Des graines (tournesol, lin, courge...)
environ 350ml d'eau tiède

• dans un saladier combiner tous les ingrédients et pétrir à la main jusqu'à obtenir une pâte souple mais pas collante.

•Laisser reposer environ 50 minutes sous un torchon humide.

• chasser l'air de votre pâte et former votre pain (j'ai utilisé un moule à cake) puis laisser gonfler pendant une bonne heure couvert dans un endroit chaud (près du radiateur/poële ou au soleil)

• cuire dans un four pré-chauffé à 220ºC pendant environ 45 minutes, puis baisser la température à 180ºC jusqu'à ce que ça soit cuit (croûte bien dorée et l'intérieur non collant: piquer avec un couteau pour vérifier, s'il ressort propre c''est que c'est bon)

• laisser tiédir et déguster avec une bonne couche de beurre...

.elderflower lemonade.

I made eldeflower lemonade this week. 

Here is the recipe:

Makes 5 liters.

20 clean fresh elderflower heads

800 gr sugar

10 organic lemons

10 raisins

2 tbsp of cider vinegar

8 liter of water

In one big recipient (or two if you don't have a big enough one), put the clean flowers, sugar, sliced lemons (it may better to take most of the zest off, as mine became a bit bitter), raisins and vinegar. Top up with still water. Put in the sun covered with a towel for 3 or 5 days (until you see bubbles coming up). Then strain into lemonade bottles and keep cool for 2 weeks. 

Serve chilled with some mint leaves.

. recipe: elderflower cordial.

Yesterday, I've been making elderflower cordial. It is such a tasteful and fresh drink for the warm spring coming. 

Makes about 1,5 L:

*20 heads of elderflower

* 1,5L of water

* 1kg of sugar

* 6 unwaxed lemons ( or 2 lemons and 75g of citric acid)

1 - shake flowers to release insects.

2 - put the water to boil in a large pan with the sugar. stirr until the sugar is completely dissolved.

3 - peal the lemons (keep the zest of 2 - i've put all the zest and it made it a bit bitter), slice them and reserve. when water is boiled up, take off the heat and add flowers, lemons slices and zest. cover with a cloth and leave at room temperature for 24hrs.

4 - next day, strain the cordial through a sieve lined with muslin and pour into nice bottles with screw-on lids.

5 - now serve it with some cool sparkling water...