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QUARANTINE DAY 60 - MANDATORY "BANANA BREAD"- BUT PALEO!

11/5/2020

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THIS MOIST, GUILT-FREE BANANA BREAD WILL LEAVE YOU SATISFIED AND VERY CONTENT!


Being in Quarantine has me cooking, preparing, making and baking all sorts of things I wouldn't usually do. My brother made a Banana loaf, and so did my Mother-In-Law so I naturally wanted to join in the fun. 
Because I mainly follow a Paleo style diet, I wanted to make sure this was a guilt-free banana loaf and I searched and tried many recipes before settling on this one, which is adapted from the Paleo Running Momma.

INGREDIENTS:

3 large over-ripe Bananas (mashed up)
4 large eggs (room temp)
2 tsp pure vanilla extract
1/4 cup coconut oil (liquid form is best)
1 3/4 cups fine blanched almond flour
1/2 cup tapioca flour
1 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp baking powder
1 tsp cinnamon
1/4 tsp fine grain sea salt
1 tbsp Agave Nectar (or Paleo Sweetener of your choice)

METHOD:

1. Mix  all of the dry ingredients together and set aside for a moment.
2. Preheat your oven to 355 degrees ºF (180 ºC)  
3. Line a 9" loaf pan and coat it with a spritz of Avocado oil or Olive Oil.
4. In a large bowl, whisk together (electrically if you can) the eggs and mashed bananas,
then add the vanilla, agave syrup and coconut oil until well combined. I like to get mine as smooth as possible, making it all nice and bubbly.
5. Slowly stir the wet mixture into the dry (don’t use an electric mixer here as you will overmix the batter and prevent it from rising properly) just until moistened and no visible flour remains. You will end up with a fairly liquid-like consistency batter.
6. Transfer batter to the prepared loaf pan and bake in the preheated oven for 55-65 minutes until it is a lovely golden brown.  Use a toothpick to check that it is fully cooked by inserting into the centre of the loaf, if it is done it should come out clean.
7. Allow to cool completely in the loaf pan or resting on a wire rack. (I popped mine out on a Wax Paper that I then used to cover the remaining loaf).
Slice and Enjoy!

by Alexandra Black
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quarantine day55 - making sourdough bread

7/5/2020

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My husband and I made this together,
it was the first time either of us had made a loaf and somehow, we aced it! delicious!


We followed the instructions to make the Sourdough Leaven via Positively Probiotic which gave us great quality Leaven, with plenty of bubbles and a wonderful aroma. See instructions here or here.
They also offer instructions on how to make No Knead Bread, but I personally found a video was easier to follow.

So, we then watched the wonderful video provided by Food52 and Baker/Sourdough savant, Sarah Owens from Ritual Fine Foods. It is a charming video, and it explains everything in great detail.

INGREDIENTS:
60g Leaven (ripe and ready Sourdough starter)
300g Water (room temperature, not cold)

Stir and mix the two together, then add...

310g Stone Ground Organic Flour (or Flour of choice)
80g Whole Wheat Flour (add more water the more whole wheat as it will be more thirsty).

Get flour fully hydrated. Mix with hands.
Watch the Video to see how it is done!

We followed this to the Tee and made the wonderful loaf seen in the photos.
It rose perfectly, had plenty of bubbles/gluten structures when we cut it open. It was baked to perfection and tasted amazing and I think it was not only because we followed everything rigorously, we also had the perfect equipment.

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The Emile Henry Artisan Bread Loaf maker made it so simple, we warmed the oven up to 475ºF | 250 ºC and placed it in (empty) until the max temp was reached. 
Once the Bread maker was hot we then placed the loaf into it and popped it in for around 55 mins at 475ºF | 246 ºC and never had to touch it until the time was up. It was perfectly cooked through and golden on the outside, with a lovely crust.

 I think for our next loaf I will leave it a little longer in the fridge before baking, so that it has a stronger flavour. We left ours to rest in the fridge for approximately 16 hours. I'd just love to see what a more potent sourdough would be like. 

by Alexandra Black
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it was so tasty and made the house smell divine!

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