ElThomsono
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Unfortunately you cannot buy a decent roll in this country, even half the ones in Scotland aren't right; what I require is a well fired morning roll: crispy hard top and fluffy inside. So, I go to Aldi and get one of these:
Fifty sheets for the cheapest stand mixer on the internet, with a three year warranty. It'll do until I decide to upgrade or get bored of this.
Just bung all the stuff in and it'll do all the hard work and plop out a ball of well kneaded dough.
Here they are after the second rise, Opinel 10 for scale.
While they bake, weld up a broken wire rack for your mother in law. It seems that it's not stainless as we all believed but in fact a bizarre heavy plating over what is presumably pot metal? The arc welder cut right through it in any case, probably depositing hexavalent chrome in my lungs.
Not a bad result for a first attempt, next time round I'll do a larger batch at a lower temperature.
Recipe follows:
Fifty sheets for the cheapest stand mixer on the internet, with a three year warranty. It'll do until I decide to upgrade or get bored of this.
Just bung all the stuff in and it'll do all the hard work and plop out a ball of well kneaded dough.
Here they are after the second rise, Opinel 10 for scale.
While they bake, weld up a broken wire rack for your mother in law. It seems that it's not stainless as we all believed but in fact a bizarre heavy plating over what is presumably pot metal? The arc welder cut right through it in any case, probably depositing hexavalent chrome in my lungs.
Not a bad result for a first attempt, next time round I'll do a larger batch at a lower temperature.
Recipe follows: