Baking & Bread

Feeling this post needs to be wordless.....

...except I will say I have been baking...

... my other crafting love!

Artisan Bread-Making

There is a local-ish (about 45 minutes drive away)

 Artisan Sourdough bread maker called 'Lovingly Artisan'

and my husband just loves the bread.

It reminds us of our favourite bakery in South Africa: Ile de Pain.

Anyway he offers an artisan bread making day class called:

'Make it, Bake it, Shoot it'.

I have been gluten-free for about 12 years,

but for some reason I am able to tolerate 

(in small quantities) the sourdough bread.

The sourdough 'starter' is fermented for 24hours 

and appears to create the 'good bacteria'

that helps me tolerate the gluten.

I came home from the bread making class 

and was determined to get baking!

 After an initial hiccup with getting my 'starter' started,

I have been baking....

There have been a few failures, but here is a success:

A green olive sourdough bread!

It was so good, I definitely overindulged!!

Part of the baking course included some photography

(the 'shoot it' bit),

which I will talk about in my next post,

because these are definitely 'before' the photography class photos!! :o)