Comments on: TARRP Bread http://www.breadcetera.com/?p=155 An Obsessive’s Quest for Professional Quality Baked Goods from a Home Kitchen Sat, 18 May 2013 16:34:08 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Vic http://www.breadcetera.com/?p=155&cpage=1#comment-6643 Vic Thu, 20 Sep 2012 01:34:53 +0000 http://www.breadcetera.com/?p=155#comment-6643 Hi Steve,
How refreshing to finally see a part of TARP that actually works. :)

]]> By: SteveB http://www.breadcetera.com/?p=155&cpage=1#comment-3266 SteveB Sun, 10 Apr 2011 00:10:18 +0000 http://www.breadcetera.com/?p=155#comment-3266 Steve,

The thanks more appropriately go to you for your willingness to share this wonderfully creative and flavorful bread with us. I’m quite honored that you enjoy perusing the site.

For those who are not familiar with Steve’s impressive credentials, a brief interview with him can be found here.

]]> By: Steve Barnhart http://www.breadcetera.com/?p=155&cpage=1#comment-3265 Steve Barnhart Fri, 08 Apr 2011 20:20:47 +0000 http://www.breadcetera.com/?p=155#comment-3265 Steve,

Thanks for the nice compliments about my bread. You did a good job converting it from a professional formulation into something a home baker can more easily understand.

I had a great time, through various trials, experimenting with different flavors and levels of intensity for each ingredient until I finally landed with the final result. With that being said, I’m glad that your readers were able to enjoy my creation.

I must say that I have fun browsing through your site and seeing the different styles of bread you write about and make. Keep up the good work! Let me know if I can be of any assistance for your future articles!

–Steve Barnhart, CMB

]]> By: SteveB http://www.breadcetera.com/?p=155&cpage=1#comment-2701 SteveB Sun, 21 Nov 2010 18:19:41 +0000 http://www.breadcetera.com/?p=155#comment-2701 Hi Bob,
I used plain sun-dried tomatoes but I imagine that sun-dried tomatoes packed in oil, after being patted dry, would work just as well.

]]> By: BobS http://www.breadcetera.com/?p=155&cpage=1#comment-2699 BobS Sun, 21 Nov 2010 13:16:25 +0000 http://www.breadcetera.com/?p=155#comment-2699 Hi Steve,

Very nice looking bread. Do you use sun-dried tomatoes packed in oil (perhaps patted dry) or ‘plain’ sun-dried tomatoes?

Thanks

Bob

]]> By: SteveB http://www.breadcetera.com/?p=155&cpage=1#comment-2098 SteveB Sun, 21 Mar 2010 09:42:43 +0000 http://www.breadcetera.com/?p=155#comment-2098 a2, Two possible reasons for your loaf “spreading out” before baking are too much water in the final dough and insufficient gluten development during mixing. The dough should be mixed to medium development, as per the windowpane test, and should be smooth and slightly tacky prior to the addition of the blend-ins.

]]> By: a2 http://www.breadcetera.com/?p=155&cpage=1#comment-2087 a2 Sun, 21 Mar 2010 00:42:46 +0000 http://www.breadcetera.com/?p=155#comment-2087 I’m working through you site slowly :)
You’re spot on about this bread being a complete meal, the aroma also reminded me of a pizzeria as I was making it! The color lended by the tomatoes is lovely – unexpected. The combination of flavors is fantastic as well, I appreciate that the blend-ins don’t overpower the bread, yet lend a tremendous amount of flavor.

I also experienced the “less open crumb due to heaviness of blend-ins” that you mentioned. I found that my loaf before baking had “spread” and flattened quite a bit, despite shaping a tight batard. Could i have possibly over-proofed my loaf? or under-mixed the dough? I hand-mixed for 15 min vs. 7-9 because I felt that the gluten hadn’t developed very fully. How should the dough feel after being hand-mixed – smoothness and strength?

The dough also felt somewhat damp. I imagine too much water might contribute to the flatness of the bread?

]]> By: SteveB http://www.breadcetera.com/?p=155&cpage=1#comment-1110 SteveB Mon, 29 Jun 2009 02:07:16 +0000 http://www.breadcetera.com/?p=155#comment-1110 hotels italie, mon plaisir!

]]> By: hotels italie http://www.breadcetera.com/?p=155&cpage=1#comment-1108 hotels italie Mon, 29 Jun 2009 01:55:01 +0000 http://www.breadcetera.com/?p=155#comment-1108 Trés intéressant. Merci.

]]> By: SteveB http://www.breadcetera.com/?p=155&cpage=1#comment-956 SteveB Thu, 02 Apr 2009 00:34:50 +0000 http://www.breadcetera.com/?p=155#comment-956 catechus, I cut the Asiago cheese into ¼” dice.

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