What Kim Ate

I made ciabatta! It had a chewy crust and tasty crumb and everything!

The overall process is as follows (recipe adapted from here):

Make a sponge of yeast, water and flour. Leave it for 12-24 hours.
Make a dough by adding more yeast, milk, oil, flour, water and salt. Leave to rise.
Separate and shape dough loaves, being careful [...]

This calzone was the second course for a dinner we hosted last week. Thomas had a day off work so he did all the cooking!
The calzone was made and assembled before-hand so all we had to do was pop it in the oven, which meant no running in and out of the kitchen and more [...]

A quick, simple and yummy snack. It’s especially good when you’re cooking for one or in a hurry.

Ciabatta, Tomato and Olives

Rub bread with garlic.
Add chopped tomato.
Add chopped green olives.
Drizzle with extra virgin olive oil.
Place in oven until warm.
Apply salt and pepper.

Enjoy,
Kim

I’ve made this recipe a few times now and it’s always tasted yummy. One thing I do suggest is making the effort to get small grapes. The larger ones seem to turn into lip burning juice bombs.
Oh, and never ever put your piece of hearthbread down on a surface you’ve just used for cutting [...]