Bake Better Bread: Scoring, heat and steam
Use heat and steam to improve your bread If you’ve taken time over your bread dough but when it’s baked, it’s not quite as you hoped. Let me share some …
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Bake Better Bread: Kneading Dough
Kneading or Working the Dough by Hand I first learnt to knead or work the dough with the method I now use with Richard Bertinet, a Frenchman who lives and …
Flour, Ink, and Inspiration: My 2025 Baker’s Round-up
What a Year of Mary Berry Taught a Bread Baker. It’s been a little while since I last pulled up a chair here at the Severn Bites blog. Life, as …
Why Bake Your Own Hot Cross Buns This Easter?
As the scent of spring fills the air, and Easter approaches, my thoughts turn to those quintessential seasonal treats: hot cross buns. While it’s tempting to grab a pack from …
Bake Pumpkin Bread and Soup
Create some spectacular pumpkin bread and team it with smooth chilli pumpkin soup
Italian Potato Bread – Abruzzo Style
This Italian bread is typically found in the inland areas of Abruzzo particularly in L’Aquila and Teramo, where potatoes are grown. Potato was originally added to bread dough in the Abruzzo …
Italian Rye Bread Recipe
Italian Mountain Bread Rye bread has a robust flavour and aroma and can often be rather dense and sold. This Italian rye bread recipe marries flavour with texture. Scalding a …
Chocolate spread and Chocolate buns
Try this chocolate spread recipe. It goes so well with chocolate buns
Italian Easter Bread
Creating the perfect Italian Style Easter Bread Many of the recipes for Italian Easter Bread I tried have been disappointing and dry. So I have created a recipe that is …