Fiction, Food, Faith and everything in-between

I decided to make Rainbow Bagels. I saw these being baked on the  2020 Great British Bake Off. It was fun but very time consuming. After mixing up the dough, you then need to separate the dough into five portions and add food colouring to each portion. The food colouring I bought didn't really reflect what was described. Violet food colouring came out as black, yellow as orange etc but I still managed to produce some brightly coloured pastry. You then need to immerse the risen bagels in boiling water and bicarbonate of soda. Apparently this helps form a crust and gives the bagels a shine. I am not sure this worked for me because the bagels lost their brightness after baking. Although they still had their colour. It was fun to bake. At the moment I bake because it is fun and a good hobby. I like to be creative in this way because I am a very cerebral person. I did enjoy messing about with the food colouring and although they were not bright, they ...

I haven't baked for a couple of weeks. My fridge - freezer broke down and it took about 8 days for the new one to be delivered. It was very tiresome but thankfully my neighbours rescued my fish and meat. I am now making up for lost time. I invested in a bigger fridge-freezer so that I can bake and freeze some of my bread. Today I made a Brioche with Brie. I have made Brioche before but I decided to try it with Brie this time. Paul Hollywood has a couple of different recipes for Brioche with Brie so I used the one in his How To Bake book. This is the best part of the process when the dough is ready for shaping. I made the dough yesterday and it spent the night in the fridge. Brioche dough is buttery and sticky if it gets too warm. In the baking tray and ready to prove for a couple of hours. The rolls are proved and now risen. I decided to sprinkle sesame seeds on one loaf. I love it when bread rises. I feel as if it is alive with potential! ...