Oh all these excesses! Bread Thins against Sourdough waste / Oh tutti questi eccessi! Sfogliate di pane per combattere lo spreco di pasta madre

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A mess, such a total mess I collected not 150 grams, not 300 grams but one kilo excess sourdough. These things happen when scheduling gets out of control, chaos grows and my excess sourdough jar fills up to the brim. What to do? Luckily bread thins are always there to save the day (and are quite appreciated by my guinea pigs). If you are like me, a waste hater that gets lost into too many projects this is the recipe for you. It does take some time but it has an addictive quality to it, once you start rolling out the dough you soon get into a state of trance. Try it for yourself, you won’t be disappointed by these super crisp crackers, far the best I have ever tasted and baked in my own house. You can flavor them as you please, in fact I did three different flavoring a for these batches. Are you ready to roll the bread thins?

Copenhagen / Copenaghen

Copenhagen city view from the Rundetaarn / Vista della città dalla Rundetaarn

As promised, I am back on the blog today. No new recipe but a little review of the city of Copenhagen, which I had the pleasure to visit on my holidays. Needless to say, back from vacation I am more tired and bruised than when I left (but I will talk about it later in the post), but happy with the fact that I finally made it to go on this trip. Several things about the city struck me.

Injury leave… / Chiusa per infortunio…

I know, I know…I promised I would have re-opened the blog today. But my last night in Copenhagen I was involved in a car accident. Luckily no one got hurt seriously but few days after I started having shoulder pain. I am on injury leave and taking medicaments, which make me sleepy, until the 21st onf August. I have tried to pull together a post about my holidays but pain and feeling sleepy didn’t help. I will have to postpone to next week. See you then and take care!

Chiusa per infortunio…

Lo so, avevo detto ci saremmo rivisti oggi con nuove avventure e ricette. Sfiga vuole che la mia ultima notte a Copenaghen sono stata coinvolta in un incidente stradale. Nulla di grave, non ci sono stati feriti e son tornata a casa intera. Solo qualche giorno dopo il mio rientro ho iniziato ad avere un forte dolore a spalla e collo. Attualmente sono in infortunio fino al 21 Agosto e devo prendere medicamenti che mi fanno venire una sonnolenza pazzesca, ergo non sono riuscita a finire il post sulla mia vacanza scandinava. Devo rimandare l’apertura del blog al 25 di Agosto. Vi aspetto!

Holiday! The blog is closed until the 18th of August! / Vacanze! Il blog riapre il 18 di Agosto!

I admit it, when my boss told me she would close the shop the first two weeks of August my first thought was: “Cool, I can work two full weeks on the blog!”. Luckily after of a few days of this ongoing thought I realized how much a proper break was needed and decided to book a trip. I’ll let you guess where I am going! See you on the 18th of August (though I fear you’ll all be on holiday!).

Twelve Loaves August: Basil Buns / Twelve Loaves Agosto: Panini al basilico

And we’re back with the monthly appointment with Twelve Loaves, one of my favourite collections of bread. In August the theme we were given was that of herbs. I immediately thought of making a dough with a high concentration of basil, a Hulk dough that would lend perfectly itself to a weird project that I have been having in mind for some time. This project was inspired to me by a person whom I respect very much. Among the people I have been following for years, and who I’ve also had the great pleasure of meeting personally, is a talented photographer and art director who works in Milan.