{"id":9704,"date":"2013-04-03T20:05:13","date_gmt":"2013-04-04T01:05:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sportsfirings.com\/?p=9704"},"modified":"2013-04-03T20:05:13","modified_gmt":"2013-04-04T01:05:13","slug":"bread-blogging-cheddar-and-herb","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sportsfirings.com\/?p=9704","title":{"rendered":"Bread blogging: Cheddar and Herb."},"content":{"rendered":"

The previous two breads I made were both repeats that I chose not to write up again here:\u00a0Shiner Bock Cheddar from Laurence Simon<\/a>, and\u00a0Sourdough Ch\u00e8vre from Brody and Apter<\/a>. Of those two, the Shiner Bock Cheddar (with Cabot Sharp Cheddar) came out pretty well: I used a custom cycle on it, and still had some top crust problems. I added the\u00a0jalapenos and sesame seeds right after the third rise started, and found that the peppers stuck better; the sesame seeds did not. Probably I’ll keep this one in the rotation, but won’t be making it again until I try some newer recipes.<\/p>\n

The\u00a0Sourdough Ch\u00e8vre I jacked up with a tablespoon of Pensys “Italian Herb Mix”. The top crust would have come out okay, except the bread collapsed in the center. Adding the herb mix did make a difference in taste; specifically, it seemed less blah to me. My personal feeling, though, is that it is still a little bland: I’m not keeping that bread in rotation, as I just don’t feel the results are worth the effort.<\/p>\n

New bread: Cheddar and Herb<\/a>, from the Laurence Simon songbook.<\/p>\n

Photos and comments after the jump.<\/p>\n

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\"c&h1\"<\/a><\/p>\n

The rise was a little uneven, so it is lower at one end than the other. Not too horrible, though; I think this may have to do with the size of my bread pan. It also didn’t rise as much as some of the other breads I’ve made, but I expected that: this bread has a lot of cheese in it, and cheese breads generally don’t rise as much.<\/p>\n

\"c&h2\"<\/a><\/p>\n

You know how I’m always griping about the top crust on my breads? This<\/strong> is what I’m looking for: the top crust on this one was as close to perfect as I’ve been able to get so far.<\/p>\n

\"c&h3\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Good texture, too.<\/p>\n

How does it taste?<\/p>\n

Wow. This is a really good<\/strong> bread. The mix of herbs gives it a nice assertive taste that I like, and a pleasing smell when toasting or baking. I’d love to try making garlic bread with this next time I make spaghetti. I’d also be interested in using at as a general sandwich bread, maybe with some duck or chicken liver p\u00e2t\u00e9.<\/p>\n

This is the first bread I’ve turned out since I started keeping logs that I’d actually give an “A” to. It is so good that I’ve finished the entire loaf in about 48 hours, which hasn’t happened before now. I think this is going to be a bread that gets made pretty frequently around here.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The previous two breads I made were both repeats that I chose not to write up again here:\u00a0Shiner Bock Cheddar from Laurence Simon, and\u00a0Sourdough Ch\u00e8vre from Brody and Apter. Of those two, the Shiner Bock Cheddar (with Cabot Sharp Cheddar) came out pretty well: I used a custom cycle on it, and still had some […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[130,10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9704","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bread","category-food"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sportsfirings.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9704","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sportsfirings.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sportsfirings.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sportsfirings.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sportsfirings.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=9704"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.sportsfirings.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9704\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9711,"href":"https:\/\/www.sportsfirings.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9704\/revisions\/9711"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sportsfirings.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=9704"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sportsfirings.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=9704"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sportsfirings.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=9704"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}