Saturday, May 16, 2009

And a damn good bread it is...`

So I just finished my second batch of Anadama and this time I doubled it! My family and I loved it so much the first time, but this time I took a lot more photos.
Using the percentages is in the book I made a batch totaling 2000 g (2kg) and scaled each loaf to 500 g. Unfortunately I ran out of the cornmeal I used on the previous attempt, and after reading about all of the grittiness reported form using polenta I used a regular store bought cornmeal.
I'm lucky right now in that I am using my mothers Bosch Universal instead of my KA. It really does a nice job and I think I've put it through more work recently than she has in the last few years. Even with the cornmeal I achieved a great windowpane. I'm working on Artos right now, I don't think my family will eat Christospomos.









9 comments:

  1. Awesome! That should make your family happy for at least a day or two. :)
    Great photos,
    Susie

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  2. Gorgeous loaves! I'm enamored with this bread too- it makes me that much more excited about all the rest of the recipes in the book.

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  3. You really love this bread, I can tell.:D

    They look good, btw.:)

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  4. When you said you took lots of pictures this second time around you were not kidding. The bread looks like it turned out really good.

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  5. What awesome quantities the second time around! It looks great.

    I used polenta for mine, and it wasn't too gritty. I think the key was that I let it soak for nearly 24 hours, so that really softened it up.

    Looking forward to Artos!

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  6. Hi, Dave...the photos look great and so does your bread! (Thanks for visiting!)
    Audrey

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  7. The bread looks great and I love all the pictures!

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  8. I would love to try a Bosch, everybody is very happy with that machine.
    Very nice bread, I also loved the Anadama. The greek bread is fantastic, but is more like for coffe or tea.

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  9. Mmmm, looks amazing! I loved this bread, too. :-D

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