Yeast Bread-Making Workshop
- Step-by-step Demonstrations by Four Bakers with Tastings
The workshop begins with a display of the presenters' pre-made doughs which will be baked during the workshop. (Ah, the smell!)
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And follows with a demonstration of at least 4 completely different styles of bread at the preparation table located in the center.
Without "bread machines" -- We use a manual mixing method, a stand mixer, and a food processor to show a range of techniques.
Jay Lavelle, Jeffrey Merritt, Bob Gordon, and Will Sherwood will present an exciting and unusual tour of home breadmaking.
We will demonstrate that breadmaking at home is as easy as dough-re-mi:
- A variety of recipes, ingredients - the basics to get you started
- Demonstrating methods using: hands-only mixing, stand mixer, food processor (and pros & cons)
- A tasting of various styles, recipes, and cooking methods
- Tips on how to "repair" dough that's in-progress
- Tips on how to make simple yeast bread quickly; how to make bread with the least effort
- A display table of bread-related books
- Various hummus, butters, herbed-dipping-EVOO, and jams will be available to top off your tasting experience.
- Live piano music during the tasting at the end for casual socializing and asking further questions.
The cost is $25 per person, which is a tax-deductible doughnation to the First Unitarian Encore Music Fund.
Reservations can be made ahead of time in order to help plan the tastings and seating.
If space is still available,
tickets will be sold at the door, but we cannot guarantee seating will still be available-- so reserve online ahead!
(When sold out, we will post on this web page)
If you're unable to attend but want to cheer us on, feel free to offer a doughnation to our music program.
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BreadMaking Gallery
No-knead bread, with eager appetites awaiting.
Basic Ingredient Possibilities (but really all you need is flour, yeast, and water)
Variations for breadmaking
Mixing dough by hand
Food Processor Method of Mixing (ingredients came together into a "ball" after sufficient warm water was added):
Stand-Mixer method, using dough-hook - initial kneading
Initial rising (this method sprinkles water by flinging wet fingers around the dough to keep it moist and prevent a 'skin' from forming)
Books to be displayed:
