and I'm waiting for a loaf of bread to proof. Been a busy and long day. Got up at 4, made coffee (which was essential), and prepped lunch for 12. Lots of veggies - baby limas, blackeyed peas, and okra and tomatoes, mac and cheese. We stopped and picked up fried chicken...lazy perhaps, but delicious. Had coffee after lunch while I talked to various folks in our class. Then I cleaned up...lots of dirty pots bot I'll be waking up to a very clean kitchen.
About the bread...I've been reading Stieg Larsson's Millenium trilogy and with all the coffee drinking going on in the book (as if I needed encouragement to drink more) I got to reading about the Swedish custom of a fika (coffee break). They have all sorts of baked goods, cinnamon rolls, sweet baked things, pastries, etc. I read about a slightly sweet bread that was flavored with cardamom. Long story short the bread is a brioche sort of thing. I found a quick and easy brioche recipe courtesy of La Tartine Gourmand and made a couple of modifications - I increased the sugar to 1/4 cup, added 1/2 tsp of vanilla extract and 1/2 tsp of fresh ground cardamom. As of now it's been through it's bulk ferment and has been knocked down and shaped (I braided it for some interest) and it's proofing out in a pan. Should be ready to bake in a half hour or so. Looking forward to trying this one tomorrow.
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