Well, I must confess. Although I love homemade bread I have only ever used a breadmaker to make it (which doesn't really have the same quality as homemade - but it is better than store bought). Well, as I felt it was Vegan MoFo and I didn't feel like studying - I decided that I would try my hand at baking a loaf of bread (which was yesterday) and some wholewheat hamburger rolls (which was today).
They went down really well. I am not a big bread eater but over the last two days nat has polished off most of the loaf and half of the rolls (I tend to stack on the kgs if I eat a lot of refined carbs - which is a shame because I think carbs are my favourite food - btw - just because I try not to eat a lot of refined carbs doesn't mean that I am not chubby!!)
I based the bread recipe on the basic wholewheat loaf in The Big Book of Bread. I think the bread would have done better if I had let it rise a little bit more - I started to run out of time and I hadn't found the best place to leave the dough to rise. The bread turned out ok - it just didn't rise as much as I had hoped - so it was a little heavy - but the flavour was really good - so I think I will try the recipe again.
The rolls on the other hand were GREAT! I used Vegan Dad's Recipe.
The rolls on the other hand were GREAT! I used Vegan Dad's Recipe.
My first attempt at baking bread rolls -I think it turned out pretty good - thanks to Vegan Dad
It takes a heck of a long time - but it doesn't involve a lot of hands on work - in fact while I left it rising today I walked into town to the local veggie shop and bulk foods health store and then came back and finished off the recipe. I halved the recipe and used spelt flour instead of plain flour.
ok - so it doesn't look that flash we were getting hungry
- but trust me - 
ok - so it doesn't look that flash we were getting hungryat the end of the day it was yummy, quick and filling.
Nat came home from his guiding trip late this evening and so I was able to quickly make a burger using this seitan, tomato, lettuce and a grilled portabello mushroom based on this recipe ( it is grilled with garlic, balsamic vinegar, oregano, salt and oil). It was tasty and very filling.
7 comments:
your burgers look amazing! i have yet to make my own veggie burgers (gasp!). and the bread looks great. i usually let mine rise on top of the stove, after i set it to 200F. but i've heard letting it rise inside the oven at 100F works awesome, and will try that myself next time! yay, bread! i can't eat that much myself, but i love it.
Now that its becoming BBQ season here (And Aussie LOVE their BBQs) I will be baking a lot more of these rolls and will be dragging out all my veggie burger recipes that I have come to love. Stay Tuned.
I too have found the perfect spot for my bread. We have an almost empty cupboard that sits above the hot water cylinder and its just the perfect temp. Thats why I think the rolls were so much more of a success.
I love my breadmaker - I don't thing there's a darn thing wrong with using one (esp. if it means saving you time and money). (:
Thanks for the Aussie info - I can't believe I didn't think to look at the Happy Cow site... I also can't believe how many vegans are in Australia - it must be an awesome place! Adding you to my blogroll...
Cheers! (:
YUM! That bread looks good. I'm not a huge bread eater either, but if I made that I reckon I would scoff the whole lot up!
And then be really bloated and irritable for the rest of the day.....
i haven't had homemade bread in so long... yum!
Mmm homemade bread! I want some.
wow! the bread, the buns, the burgers - they all look AWESOME! i've been a bit intimidated by homemade buns and too scared to try them out, but i think after seeing how tasty yours look - i'm going to have to make some, fo 'sho! yay!
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