I've had a bread machine for years now, though I can't claim to be a daily user, and in fact it's only pulled out every so often from its storage spot inside the wood fired oven (which of course isn't used - but that's a different story). When it does get pulled out of the cupboard the whole family gets very keen and we use it constantly for weeks on end, but then we pack it away for some reason or other and don't see it again for a while. I suspect that Lambert's book is aimed at people just like me who like to make some interesting breads every now and then, rather than bread machine users like my grandma who in the past had made a half loaf in her machine each and every day (and at last count was on her third bread machine). Quite a treat to have her warm soy and linseed loaves with a salad lunch.
I've made quite a number of these breads by now though, and on the whole they've been quite passable loaves. Given that technique really does show when it comes to bread making, and that we're experienced but not experts, the recipes aren't bad. Particular favourites include
Soured cream wholewheat bread with herbs and
Herbed wholewheat bread (are you sensing a theme?), and I also rather like the
Onion cheese bread and the
Banana nut cinnamon swirl. Don't forget you can use the bread machine for the proving and rising and then you can pull the dough out for baking - try the
Apple braid,
Moravian sugar rolls or
Cherry christmas wreath. Happy baking.
Recommended for those with a bread machine and looking for idea's.
- Kath
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