MYSTERY OF AN OLD OVEN |
You might have never thought that you could experience this! Baking bread in an old wood burning oven just like in the time of our grannies!Connection of the power of fire, grain, water and human labour. Put bread in scuttles, remove the glowing charcoal from the stove, place the bread in the oven with a shovel that has been used since a hundred years ago... The unforgetable flaming scent of steam soon replaced by that of bread, which embalm the whole house. And then you hold warm loaf of bread in your hands... Our oven, which can take 30kg of bread dought, was built here more than 150 years ago. It is so big because in the past, people used to bake a lot of bread at once, enough to last for a week or two. The traditional wholegrain or rye bread, the modern version of which is known as „German“ style bread, was of a solid texture and hence could stay fresh for a long time. Since the oven is still fully operational, we decided to enliven the tradition of weekly bread baking. The begining was very hard, of course. In the past bread baking skills were passed from generation to generation, but this tradition was interrupted. Then we got advice from a baker in Brittany: the most important thing is to bake regularly, get to know our oven and „find our own way for bread“. And so we began... We bake every Monday and you have the opportunity to experience this special event with us. We will let you peep into the secret skill of our grandmas and great-grandmas... and we will show you tips and tricks for making your own bread at home. At the end, you will be leaving with a warm loaf of bread in your hands... What you need to know:
Weather: we run this workshope in any weather
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