🍞 Bread 🥖

No, I am not talking about money, but the combination of flour, salt and water, with other ingredients such as yeast, eggs, butter, seeds, fruit, nuts, etc., that make up the humble loaf, baguette, flatbread or roll!

Bread has been a staple part of the human diet for millennia and still is in all its many forms.

It comes in all shapes and sizes!

There are many different varieties of bread including:

• White

• Brown

• Wholemeal

• Seeded

• Multigrain

• Sourdough

• Rye

• Pita bread

• Baguettes

• Ciabatta

• Pumpernickel bread

• Challa

• Brioche

• Flatbread

• Bagel

• Focaccia

• Cornbread

• Soda bread

• Bara Brith

• Teacake

My favourites are seeded, brown, wholemeal, teacakes, and brioche.

Brioche - bread made with butter and eggs - makes a beautiful burger bun or is lovely with a sweet topping like chocolate spread or clotted cream and jam!

And homemade bread is something else - hot, crusty and smelling divine when straight from the oven!

It can either be made completely by hand.

Or you can use a breadmaking machine to make the dough or a complete loaf.

All you need is a good bread knife, and away you go. Pass the butter!

Bread can be a meal on its own. You can’t beat a crusty roll with some soup or a slice of bread just with butter, spread, jam or marmalade on top.

It’s so versatile. We can toast it or make any sandwich imaginable, toasted or not!

So do you like bread? If so, what is your favourite?
Do you have any speciality breads in your part of the world?
What about your favourite toppings or sandwich fillers? Are there any special recipes you can share?

Today, let’s celebrate the humble loaf in any way you wish!