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Sourdough, and the benefits of patience

By: mawarre July 10, 2016January 9, 2017

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Patience is a conquering virtue. Geoffrey Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales This is food at its most basic. Flour, water, salt, and time. The flour and water are mixed and then natural air-borne yeasts and good bacteria develop a culture, or starter, over several days. When combined with more flour and made into dough, this culture…

Avocado with lime on sourdough toast

By: mawarre October 2, 2012October 14, 2012

breakfast, brunch, recipesavocado, food, lime, sourdough, vegetarianLeave a Comment

Avocado and lime are a winning combination and need nothing more than sea salt and lots of freshly ground black pepper to bring the flavours together. The avocado needs to be beautifully ripe and it is worth getting the avocado a couple of days before you need it to be sure of a softly yielding,…