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Location: Neuenkirchen
Height: 55,1
Coordinates: 52,23 - 7,35
Weather: 25 °C and mostly cloudy #checkin

Asparagus Pasta

White asparagus (as fresh as you can get, ideally thin) peeled and cut on a bias into 1 to 2 cm slices, fried in butter, add some cooking water from your mezze penne, emulsify, add penne and flat parsley pesto (flat parsley, mint, pine nuts, parmigiano and olive oil).

Quite nice #recipe

Mini baguette

Shaping and cutting (still) need work

Three freshly baked baguettes are cooling on a wire rack.

@teamsauerteig@a.gup.pe @brotbacken@a.gup.pe #bread #brot #baking #backen #sourdough #sauerteig #baguette

Retirement

As my retirement is nearing I’m considering (additional) hobbies.

Some should be solo activities, others should encourage social interactions and new contacts. Some should be sustainable even when physical activity is getting difficult. Some should promote physical fitness.

So, a preliminary list:

  • cycling
  • photography
  • (local) history
  • archery
  • tai chi
  • volunteering
  • Volkshochschule
  • Languages

Suggestion welcome

#retirement #hobbies

Focaccia, for the eating of

A rectangular baking pan contains a smooth, spread-out layer of dough.

A rectangular focaccia topped with black olives is cooling on a wire rack

@teamsauerteig@a.gup.pe @brotbacken@a.gup.pe #bread #brot #baking #backen #sourdough #sauerteig #focaccia #madre

Again, bread rolls

Six freshly baked bread rolls are resting on a cooling rack.

@teamsauerteig@a.gup.pe @brotbacken@a.gup.pe #bread #brot #baking #backen #sourdough #sauerteig #BreadRolls #brötchen

Another loaf

Have been experimenting with some Italian dried madre in addition to my usual starter made from old dough. The combo of 1% dried madre on top of my starter over fermented the dough on the counter (overnight). So, next time we’ll do it in the fridge.

A freshly baked, somewhat rectangular, loaf of bread is cooling on a wire rack.

@teamsauerteig@a.gup.pe @brotbacken@a.gup.pe #bread #brot #baking #backen #sourdough #sauerteig #madre

Another baguette

Nice rise, nice slashing, nice colour, VERY uneven shaping. As the old dough was parked in the fridge for a fortnight, I’m overall quite happy.

A freshly baked loaf of baguette sits on a cooling rack, showcasing a golden-brown crust with distinct slashes on top.

@teamsauerteig@a.gup.pe @brotbacken@a.gup.pe #bread #brot #baking #backen #sourdough #sauerteig #baguette

Top 10 #gins I had in the last 6 months

Plymouth Gin (+) Lemon Thyme Gin (+) Friedrichs Gin, Bartenders Choice (+) Tanqueray No 10 (+) Sünner 260 (+) Mistral Gin, Rosé Dry Gin (+) Cape Finbos Gin Tanqueray Flor Di Sevilla (+) Bombay Gin (+) Roku Gin (+)

(+) = will drink again

Arithmetic is difficult

I managed, with a simple mistake, to take the hydration of this sourdough focaccia to 90%. So, no dimples. Quite tasty though.

A rectangular focaccia with olives is resting on a cooling rack.

@teamsauerteig@a.gup.pe @brotbacken@a.gup.pe #bread #brot #baking #backen #sourdough #sauerteig #focaccia