Growing My Own Bread: The Final Chapter

It’s been a long strange trip to get to this point but the end is in sight! Join me for this final installment of my quest to grow my own bread and we’ll thresh the grain, winnow it, mill it into flour and bake it into bread – with bonus soup making too.


Chapters
00:00 Threshing
09:25 Milling
16:40 Baking and soup making


Recipe for bread:
500g of wholemeal flower (home ground for extra hipster points)
pack of fast acting yeast (7g)
350ml of water
2 tea spoons of sugar
1 table spoon of salt

Proceed as per video, book guide lines are for proving (first rise) overnight, kneading 10mins and baking 220c for 45 mins.

Recipe for soup:
1 large onion
½ green pepper
1/3 of a pumpkin
1 or 2 chili peppers
butter
tomatoes
vegetable stock
salt

Chop the onion and sauté in plenty of butter whilst chopping the pepper
Add the pepper and keep everything moving for a few more minutes
Dice up the pumpkin (remove and discard the inside seeds and stringy bits as well as the skin)
Add the pumpkin
Chop the tomatoes finely and add (or add ½ tin of chopped tomatoes)
Chop the chili very finely and add (or use chili flakes)
Add salt and veg stock
Add water until the vegetables are nearly covered
Bring to the boil and then simmer for at least 30mins until the pumpkin is soft
Mash or blend
Leave for an hour or so, then heat again to serve
Serve with grated cheese and of course homemade bread!


Instructions for thresher:
https://winwinfarm.com/2013/06/diy-bu...

Details of book and my review:
   • Good book guide : Self-sufficiency an...  

Hand mill:
KITCHEN CROP VKP1248 Grain Mill
I could only find it on Amazon and it was sent direct from the USA



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