Vienna Bakery Artisan Bread

I recently bumped into David Dodge outside his Vienna Bakery stall in the market. He described to me a new method of proving he is adopting for one of his loaves the newly named "Pave du Connetable." So named as the loaves mirror the shape of the cobbles in French Lane.

They are beautiful loaves with a fine crumb and a great depth of flavour. All of this is David's adoption of a slowproving technique, 48 hours, at a low temperature.

Trawling through the web to find any articles supporting the notion I came upon this from the New York Times describing a new technique we can all practice. It includes the idea of not kneading which has been supported by Dan Lepard for some time. His blog is a fantastic source for bakers.

Further info is supplied in the Freshloaf blog.

Below is the making of a fine rare beef and coleslaw sandwich with produce bought from Jersey Market.

If you can't be bothered cooking just try Davids loaves at the Vienna Bakery in the market. You won't be disappointed.

Jersey Food Festival

Here's todays events. There are loads to do, see and taste. Hope to see you there.
http://jersey.com/english/eatingout/jerseyfoodfestival/pages/monday.aspx

Island Spring Cattle, Rose and Flower Show and World Cheese Awards.

Hello,

Just to remind you all of the RJAHS event on the 12th-13th June (Saturday and Sunday) up at their home in Trinity. As there is no Foire De Jersey this year here is a golden opportunity to catch some of the best that Jersey has to offer.

All of the cheeses, of which there are over 80 different varieties, have been created from Jersey milk.

Genuine Jersey cheese from the Classic Herd has now gone national and can now be found adorning the tables of  Mitchell & Butler's fine dining country Pubs.

Both the Cheese Awards and the Rose and Flower Show are inside whilst in the Showground we have the cattle. There is also a mass of other things to see especially for the kids. An animal farm, Shire horses and a troupe of Circus entertainers allowing the kids to join in.

Slow Food has a stand there. So if you have any prospective members and they would like to know what we are about here is a good place to start.

The Normandie Market will be up there. So if you have time on your hands, kids to entertain or you're keen on cheese get yourself up there. Everyone is welcome.