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Slovenian Farmers bread made in wooden Bread bakers oven




BREAD MAKING IN A WOODEN OVEN

This week is bread traditionally made in Slovenia.

I am amazed to see how these woman bake their breads.  You haven't tasted any better bread than theirs.

When they bake their breads in their ovens they make up to 9 breads at a time because as it takes allot of work to prepare the oven.  They told me they use up to 10kg of flour to make their farmers breads.

That's allot of bread.

I haven't got a proper recipe for their breads as they prepare these breads out of their heads as they were taught from childhood how to make bread.




They use for white bread 1kg white bread flour or cake flour. For brown they would use 350gr light brown flour T850, 350gr brown flour T1100, 350gr spelt flour.

It is really up to your preference.  I find that the modern world has made bread making so complicated when in actually fact it is very easy as it contains only flour, salt, yeast, oil if preferred and your water.

The main secret I found is the usage of the amount of water used in the bread.  Your dough has to be very sticky & then you don't knead like I have been taught.  You just gently shape it into a ball in your bowl as you can see in this video.

I have been a lover of bread forever & I am so glad that these ladies were so kind enough to show me how they make their breads.  When I came to Slovenia I was astounded how tasty, chewy and springy their breads were.  I hope that you will really give it a try with their method of making bread.

I was very weary about the one bread they were making.  The one lady made Buckwheat bread with walnuts.  I was checking this out while she was making this & I was like yeah right this is not for me.  I have eaten Buckwheat bread before (not in Slovenia) and it was gross.  After the breads were ready to be eaten I thought "come on, give it a try".  Well, I was blown away how nice this bread really is.
Now get this, the secret!!!! You have to prepare the buckwheat flour with boiling water into a paste first!!!!  You can not believe what a difference it makes.
The lady told me that her recipe was 300gr Buckwheat flour, 600gr cake flour, 25gr yeast, 1 tbsp salt, 30ml oil & then the water which you would have to play around with.

Please have a look at the video because there is allot of tips in how the bread is made.



I know you will enjoy it & you can go to my website for more recipes www.canibake4you.weebly.com

Good luck & never give up in trying to perfect your bread.

Adio




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