Water for Dough & Peasant Bread / Baked Apples / Chard & White Bean Stew

Article & Recipe: 52 Loaves

It’s true; I’d just read that bread must be made with spring water, for chlorine and other impurities found in municipal water inhibit yeast activity.

Building a Levain ... Peasant Bread (Pain de Campagne)

Recipe: Baked apples recipe

You could also add chopped pieces of your favourite dried fruits to the stuffing, from apricots to prunes, making this the tastiest way to use up all the bits and bobs at the back of the kitchen cupboard.

Blog Post & Recipe: chard and white bean stew

I know that unless you are a tomato and white bean junkie, as I am, the prospect of a bowl of sloshy stew built on their foundation doesn’t sound very appealing. But what transforms it, I’d argue, is the presentation. I like to place a thick slice of well-toasted, garlic-rubbed bread underneath, ladle the stew over it and finish it with a softly poached egg.