1: The method is very similar to the recipe of the leavened bread. Mix water, salt, and leaven, add the special ingredients, then add the flour and yeast. Knead in the same way. When shaping you can :
Make a 1 kg loaf
Cut the dough into lumps of 100 g to make small rolls or baps. If they are for a meal where you will serve several kinds, cut into lumps of 60/70 gr.
And incorporate this mixture in the appropriate stage (see above). Make into small round baps rather than in long rolls.
3:
Bread with bacon and sesame
Cook in a frying pan, with a tablespoon of olive oil
125 g small pieces smoked bacon
When cooked add
30 g sesame seeds
Incorporate this mix, including cooking fat, at the appropriate stage (see above).
4:
Seed bread
Mix together:
10g linseeds
10g black linseeds
10g sunflower seed
10g white sesame seeds
10g brown sesame seeds
10g millet
10g pumpkin seeds
3 tablespoons sesame oil
And incorporate this mix at the appropriate stage (see above). Then add the 50g flour and a mix of 5 toasted grains (corn, rolled oats, rye, barley and rice) available in organic stores.
5:
Chestnut bread
Proceed as for a normal bread, but use this flour mix:
You can also add at the appropriate stage 100g chopped chestnuts.
6:
Nothing else bread
This bread got this funny name because it's so filling it can be eaten on its own. It's Nicolas's original idea and name. To make it, dice small and mix together:
120g Comté
120g Morteau sausage
120g onion, chopped the day before and soaked overnight in:
200g water which will be used to make the bread (note: it's not the usual quantity of water).
120g potatoes, parboiled in salted water
100g coarsely chopped walnuts or 50g sesame seeds
4 tablespoons walnut oil
And incorporate this mixture at the appropriate stage (see above). Texture is a little strange to knead and work, and the bread does not rise much, but it's delicious to eat just on its own.
7:
Rajah's bread
Incorporate at the appropriate stage (see above)
1 tablespoon curry powder
3 tablespoons groundnut oil
Raw, plain (unsalted if possible) and coarsely chopped:
50 cashew nut gr
50 pecan nuts gr
50g Brazil nuts
This bread, with its yellow color and aroma is surprising, it goes very well with spicy food. You can also toast it to eat with guacamole
8:
Bread from Brest (Brittany)
When water is mixed with salt and leaven, add
30g rye flour
30g spelt flour
30g buckwheat flour
20g sieved chestnut flour
Supplement with 440g of plain white flour, then add:
20g sesame seeds
20g brown linseeds
This bread, with its greyish-brown color, has a very good taste with the crunch of seeds.
9:
Parmesan_chives bread from Dunbrody
Prepare a dough with baguettes, and incorporate into it:
< / ul> Finish by sprinkling with a little grated Parmesan cheese just before baking.
Remarks
These special breads are delicious (your guests can change bread during the meal as they wish). For example try the seed bread with foie gras, it is a pure delight... If you'd like more information making bread, you can consult this special page.