I baked these layered rolls, based on a recipe from Richard Bertinet’s ‘Dough’ this morning.
We had them for lunch, fresh from the oven, with mozzarella, avocado, tomatoes, pesto and rocket.
They are very easy to make as there is no shaping, just some random cutting and stacking. I made two batches of dough to make them stripy. One batch was wholemeal and the other was a mixture of strong white and plain with a handful of medium oatmeal.
The reason for my flour mix was driven my the March 2011 Fresh From The Oven Challenge, which was set by Helen from Fuss Free Flavours.
“My challenge is to bake something yeasted, using flour where you know either where it was grown or where it was milled”
My plan was to walk to our local windmill at Heage. It is the working mill that featured in the same episode of Market Kitchen as me. I was looking forward to making something with their tasty stoneground flour and showing you a photo or two of the beautiful six sailed windmill in action. My plans were thwarted though, as the mill is not regularly open until 1st of April. So that post will have to wait until another day.
This bread was made using bought from Caudwell’s Mill at Rowsley. I called in on my way back from Buxton last week. Caudwell’s Mill has the claim to fame that it was the first mill to use rollers to mill the flour. Unfortunately they haven’t been as lucky as Heage in gaining funding to renovate the mill back to working order so although it is a beautiful place with an excellent cafe and a flour sales shop, they only pack the flour there.
Caudwells is, incidentally, the place with my favourite ducks. These three follow you around when you are trying to take arty pictures of the mill.
So I guess I have failed my challenge this month. The flour wasn’t milled where I bought it, plus I got distracted by cute duckies instead of photographing the mill.
On the upside, the rolls were delicious and I made a crazy looking spiral two-tone loaf with the leftover dough. Failure tastes good when it’s bread shaped.
Sally
March 28, 2011
Nothing of a fail about this. The sandwich filling combination is one of my absolute favourites, I have a strange affection for long-necked ducks like these and the Dough book is on my wish list and about to get promoted to the top.
carlysulli
March 29, 2011
Those look scrumptious! I love the idea of layering the two doughs. I wouldn’t call this a failure at all– even if the flour wasn’t milled there, it’s probably still done fairly locally? Either way, I think you did a great job with this month’s challenge!
My Medifast
March 29, 2011
Oh would love to see a picture of the loaf.
monkeyboner
March 29, 2011
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March 29, 2011
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monkeyboner
March 30, 2011
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Helen @ Fuss Free Flavours
March 31, 2011
I do not think that is a fail at all. Trying and being aware of where food comes from is really important.
I love the layered rolls, and certainly will be makig some – I think that they would be excellent for children to encourage them to eat brown bread.
Thanks for taking part in my challenge.
sarah, simply cooked
April 1, 2011
Layering the dough is such a clever trick! I’m so glad you showed us how beautiful they are, Claire.
aforkfulofspaghetti
April 1, 2011
I rather like the look of these. Great texture to them, too, judging by the photo. Hmm, maybe I need to do a spot of baking…
thingswemake.co.uk
April 1, 2011
Thanks all!
I love the way you can tear them open where the layers split. I also brushed the layers with water to help them ‘meld’. Happy Baking!
Rufus' Food and Spirit Guide
April 1, 2011
My mouth is watering ! I love the duck photos too.
rsmacaalay
April 3, 2011
OMG that looks so good!
akatwentyeight
April 6, 2011
This looks SO delicious – it’s 8am & I already know what I’m having for lunch!
Great ingredients & lovely photos, thanks for sharing!
MothersHeart
July 31, 2011
LOOKS so delicious!………..