Bread Baking Course at the River Cottage
River Cottage, have built two wonderful looking wood-fired clay ovens and sited them in the grounds. Being a fan of bread-making these are most desirable!
To accommodate these they have setup more ‘bread and bake’ courses.
Take part in a course and you’ll learn how to build your own oven by hand, using local clay, before firing it up and baking fantastic pizzas and artisan breads, as well as fish, meat and veg dishes.
A days guild and bake (Hugh won’t be present) costs £150 (from July £175). Each one day course lasts from 10.00am – 5.00pm. It begins by actually making your own oven and ends with a selection of bread to take home.
The bread baking day costs £175 lasting from 7.30am - 4.45pm.
The day begins at 7.30am at the Town Mill Bakery, run by Aidan. Here, you ’ll be served toast, jam and fresh coffee, after which Aidan will talk about his theory of bread –making, taking you back to basics and explaining how each decision a baker makes, from flour and yeast to kneading techniques and the shape of the loaf, affects the finished bread.
After baking and tasting your own soda bread, you ’ll head back to River Cottage HQ to fire up the clay ovens and get some more dough rising. There ’ll be a break for a three –course lunch cooked by the River Cottage chefs, then Paul will show you how to knead, shape and bake that perfect white loaf. The day rounds off with a Q & A session fuelled, of course, by a few more baked goodies.
The next available course is Tuesday 26 June 2007 - without Hugh. This sounds better value as it includes a full meal but again, Hugh ain’t there!
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