Farmers Market Month, Day 6: Beef soboro, beets, carrots, mandarins

Yesterday I defrosted some of the leftover acini de Pepe and tossed it in a frying pan with the leftover beef soboro, then topped with a farmers market fried egg and ate with daikon pickles.



Also had a reprise of the sliced roasted golden beets with goat cheese and garlic olive oil. What can I say, if something is good I don't get sick of it. Today I'll try something a bit different with the remaining beets, though.

Also snacked on farmers market carrots and mandarins, and had some more black sesame spread on toast (defrosted store-bought emergency bread that's been in the freezer for God knows how long.)

Farmers Market Month, Day 7: Bread

I made bread from this recipe: My Mother's Peasant Bread. It was so easy, not a hassle as I wasn't planning to go anywhere anyway, and quite fascinating to do. I used a single two-quart bowl as I didn't have a one-quart. (The recipe says that's fine.)



After the second rising, it felt resilient, elastic, almost velvety, and somehow alive when I poked it, like some sea creature. Only dry rather than slimy.

It was a little doughy when I first sliced it, so I popped it back in the oven for five minutes and then it came out perfect:



The inside is light and fluffy, the crust is chewy, and the flavor is a pleasant, non-tangy bread-flavor. And that is exactly how I like my bread. I had some with butter, and some with browned butter/brown sugar.



It was so good that I had another slice with black sesame spread, and that was AMAZING.



I may never buy bread again.