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I have received my replacement kit and all is well. Completely different aroma and taste. All finished now, just waiting for more bottles to become available (tomorrow) cleared lovely and tastes nice - a bit rough at the moment as it’s just finished but will be lovely when mellows slightly...

Another white sourdough. Churning them out every other day :)

Same here! And it’s my fault ;)

Oh... that’s a shame. My lot don’t like garlic either but I always put a whole bulb (smashed on the counter) under chicken to roast with it (together with some red onions quartered) and nobody knows ... and it tastes like heaven! Other half is used to bisto gravy powder.... and even he is not...

Freezer full of ravioli :)

Not strictly bread but did anybody use their sourdough to make pizza base? Absolutely wonderful!! What a revelation.

Hello, did you use any grape juice or just lowitz and apple? I could not wait for your verdict as got my hands on one of those lowitz cordials but used red grape juice too.

Hello, Well you sort of can do it that way and ...no. you can do that few times but after about two or so it might not turn out well and end up with soured milk instead, depends how healthy the culture is in the bought one. I used to do this with buttermilk all the time however Kefir does need...

Hello, I just run the bread machine on dough cycle. I think it’s about 2hours in my machine with resting, or put it through pizza dough cycle - that one is 45 minutes. Put the dough in bowl after dough cycle finish and cling film it and then pop into the fridge. In morning take it out and let it...

I have two! ... because one or the other have different attachments... perhaps a bit over the top - if they were interchangeable I would not have to get them both 😜 I use 200g semolina, 100g 00 and three large eggs. No water or salt. Only use straight 00 if making ravioli :) Oh my freezer is...

Well although dry pasta is great :) fresh tagliatelle with yummy carbonara... or malfadine with ragu... heaven. Does not take that long... mostly waiting for dough to rest after kneading it for good few minutes :) I think it’s quite therapeutic, maybe I am a bit mad!

Oh mozzarella! Have to learn how to make that. Other half built outdoor pizza oven ... not being too good for waste- line this lockdown!!

Here are the grains being refreshed (After sitting in the fridge for two weeks in a bit of milk) before making a new batch tomorrow morning. They do grow so you will end up with bigger cauliflower able to give away to friends and family :)

In this weather the fresh milk with kefir grains only needs 12-24 hours on the counter - I normally taste it and if it’s right, strain it and pop in the fridge It will continue slowly fermenting in the fridge even after grains are removed. Should taste like a strong Tangy yoghurt and it’s done...

All these years drinking it and I have not thought about making cottage cheese out of it :)

Not strictly WOW but The strawberry wine turned out absolutely lovely! It’s nice now but will probably be better if left few months Recipe: 1.5kg strawberries 1kg drained tinned peaches in grape juice - lidl have big 830g peach halves in white grape juice - got three of these for 94peach...

Have been churning pasta out with great speed during lockdown. New thing I have done is Cavatelli! They are absolutely wonderful things. 1tub ricotta cheese (250g) 100g 00 flour 200g semola/semolina flour 1egg 1tsp salt Give it a good knead, rest for 20minutes. Then cut off chunks of dough and...

Doing a bit of a cheats sourdough... get my bread machine do the kneading work. 300g starter 500g Canadian bread flour 2 tsp salt (2tbs olive oil...) 250-300ml water depending Put it in bread machine on dough cycle in evening. Take it out when done- into bowl covered with cling film and in the...

I got mine of e-bay - there is different between the water and milk kefir grains. If you search for milk kefir grains there are quite a few. You only need a little baggy as they grow. They look like Little cauliflower bits.

Had a go at decorating sourdough. My starter is as old as the lockdown. Started second 16kg bag of flour... my lot does not seem to get enough of it, even purchased baking steel as my baking stone was not up to the job. Tried one loaf in my wood fired pizza oven, inside Dutch oven and it turned...