Painted Fork

Painted Fork is a blog about being creative in the kitchen and eating healthy made easy. Homemade, rustic, natural foods plus a few DIY. Follow along on Instagram!

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I’ve tried a whole bunch of techniques for shaping a sourdough bread loaf and this is by far my favorite! Even when working with higher hydration dough (I’m usually at 75%), you get consistently shaped loaves with a beautiful crispy crust and nice oven spring. Plus, if you mix in any seeds, you get a real cute swirl on the inside. . . . #paintedfork #sourdough #sourdoughbread #sourdoughbaking #breadbaking #breadporn #baking #bakingfromscratch #asheville @heyheatherangel

Hi friends! I’m currently simmering tomatoes to make one of my favorite Sunday brunch-at-home meals — Shakshuka! This dish is super flavorful, easy to make, and uses basic ingredients you likely have in your quarantine pantry. . Simplified, quarantine-friendly recipe down below! . . Ingredients:* 2 cans diced or whole tomatoes (I always use fire-roasted if I have them!) 1 large garlic clove, minced or 2 tsp garlic powder 1 teaspoon cumin 1 teaspoon sea salt 1 teaspoon black pepper 2 teaspoons paprika 1 teaspoon red pepper flakes or cayenne (optional) 4 eggs *if you have fresh herbs, onion, and bell peppers, I recommend dicing and adding those as well! . Stovetop Directions: Heat 12-inch skillet over medium heat with a bit of cooking oil. Sautee garlic, onion and bell pepper until tender, if you’ve got em. Add tomatoes and spices, stir to combine and allow to simmer for about 10 minutes or until noticeably thickened, fragrant, and not a ton of juice is left behind. Crack eggs on top on by one (it helps if you use a spoon to create four lil’ craters in the sauce for the eggs to sit in). Cover with a lid and continue simmering over low heat until eggs are set to desired doneness — runny yolk vs firm. Serve topped with fresh herbs, goat cheese or feta if you have it, and toast or pita. . . . . . #paintedfork #shakshuka #quarantinelife #easyrecipes #asheville #homemade #brunch #healthy #vegetarianrecipes @heyheatherangel #quarantine #quarantinekitchen #comfortfood

Also baked these giant Girl Scout cookies from @halfbakedharvest this weekend. So if you’re wondering if I’m eating my feelings during quarantine, the answer is yes, and I recommend it highly. . . . . #paintedfork #halfbakedharvest #girlscoutcookies #samoascookies #baking #quarantinelife #asheville @heyheatherangel

A peek at the crumb from yesterday’s #sourdough loaf! . . . . #paintedfork #sourdoughbread #sourdoughclub #bread #baking #bakefeed #asheville #avl @heyheatherangel #breadbaking #fermented #naturallyleavened #crumbshot

And here’s how to do a final shaping of the sourdough loaf in about 12 seconds. Now the dough ferments in the basket for ~4hrs at room temp or overnight in the fridge before baking. . . . #paintedfork #sourdough #bread #breadmaking #sourdoughclub #ashevills @heyheatherangel

How to pre-shape a sourdough loaf in 10 seconds. 😉 . . . #paintedfork @heyheatherangel #sourdough #bread #baking #sourdoughbaking #sourdoughclub #tartinebread #asheville

Hi from quarantine 👋 Just fed my starter for this weekend’s sourdough bake and reeeeeally hoping it’s more successful than last week. . Flour, especially bread flour, is a hot commodity right now and is impossible to find. So, last week, I attempted to bake with whatever flour I could find - which was mostly bleached all purpose - and it failed. I was so frustrated! My dough was like a loose goo instead of a sticky, stretchy dough. I don’t know if it was the flour (not enough gluten content?) or if the dough was over fermented and weak? I think it’s the flour because I’ve done my fair share of over fermenting and it has never been goo before. 🤔 . Well friends, we improvised. Instead of attempting to bake like a loaf, I spread that mess out in an olive oil soaked baking sheet and treated it like focaccia. It didn’t puff up or anything, but it baked, was edible, and actually was pretty tasty. . Wish me luck with this weekend’s baking! I may have to buy some black-market bread flour. 😅 . Has anybody else been struggling with baking during quarantine? . . . . #paintedfork #sourdoughclub @sourdoughclub #sourdough #baking #bakefeed #homemade #quarantinelife #quarantinebaking

Latergram: whole wheat sourdough in progress. With all this #socialdistancing and working from home, me thinks we’ll be making a lot of bread over the next few weeks. . . . . #paintedfork #breadmaking #sourdough #fermentation #asheville #avl #bread

Just felt really excited about how cute this loaf looked in the morning light and wanted to share. 😇 This mid-week bake was a good reminder that the Dutch oven is the greatest tool for bread baking. My dough was left to ferment for wayyyyy too long and then proof in the baskets for wayyyy too short. But then my pal Dutch oven was like “nah girl, you’re good!” and baked up a nice poofy loaf of sourdough bread! This is approx week 4 of baking from the Tartine Bakery book for our table loaves. . . . #paintedfork #asheville #sourdough #bread #baking @tartinebakery #tartinebread #tartine @thefeedfeed.baking @sourdoughclub #breadporn #nofilter

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