Is it a Pain or is it a pain?


I think that bread or pastries that begin with 'Pain' are often a real pain to make. I have made Pain au Chocolat and that was a real pain to make, involving an entire day fussing and faffing over the pastry and then baking the pastries the next day. The results were good but the process was a pain. 

Today I made Pain De Savoie. I expected it to be another painful process but it was actually quite easy. 

This bread brings two of my favourite foods together. I have many favourite foods, of course, but cheese and bacon are at the top of my list especially when they are eaten together. Vkusno!

They are brought together in this loaf and the results are delicious. The best things is this loaf actually makes a nice supper with a salad. Mmmmmm
Not painful at all. This loaf is all pleasure.

The layers of cheese are just so melt - in - the - mouth and the bacon provides a nice salty crunch. I am not sure why the recipe uses a mix of rye flour and white strong flour. I think the rye makes the loaf a bit heavy. This is of course from one of my Paul Hollywood books (Bread). I shall definitely make this again but I will just use strong white flour on its own. 

It is a great loaf though and all Pain with none of the pain because it was very easy to make.

My bread baking has slowed down this year. I think it is because my son doesn't really eat a lot of baked goods and so I end up freezing a lot of bread. This isn't a problem because it means that I always have some kind of bread on standby. I don't really buy much bread apart from the occasional brioche so it rounds out quite well. I also think my bread generally tastes so much nicer than the store bought bread, probably because I make it to suit my own palate. There is something so satisfying about making  your own bread even if I don't get to do this as often as I would like.

My colleagues and I are still working from home because our new office is not ready but once the office opens I am sure I will have some willing victims I can test my bread on and then I can bake more often, but only the pain free types. 😃🥖🍞

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