Bread by Neil

Last batch of these delicious Heritage Loaves for a while will be at Ely Markets Farmer’s Market tomorrow – the sack of flour is not like the magic porridge pot and has been exhausted. And a couple of them will have the last of the Ely walnuts in them. There’s also going to be a batch of Gooseberry Curd Buns keeping them company – two very good reasons not to get up late tomorrow.

I’m also bringing Sunshine and Village loaves, Dons, Bastards, Umamis, Hugs, Pumpernickel’s Cousins, Scandi Crispbread, Cinnamon Buns, Bread Pudding, and a selection of tarts.

And the sun will shine on us 😁☀️

When you’ve got a pack of burgers from Fodder fen farm sausages in your freezer you have to make sourdough burger buns! The dough felt great yesterday and I’m really happy with the results. But they’re not all for me… as well as being picked up by my customers at the bakery a batch have gone to The Prospects Trust Snakehall Farm today.

Yippee! I’m going to be spending my morning caramelising onions and stoning olives ready for the Stretham Market on Sunday. As well as the Cheese and Onion and Village loaves I’ll be bringing Dons, Umamis and Bastards plus a big batch of cinnamon buns. See you there!

If you can’t come to the bakery this week, come to Stretham on Sunday. Village loaves as well as Cheese and Caramelised Onion loaves, plus the standards.

If you’ve picked up from the bakery this week you might have noticed some changes in the garden as plan B for upgrading the bakery leaps into action. Well, leaps isn’t quite the right word, as demolishing the shed in the heat on Monday proceeded at a slightly more sedate pace than that word suggests. More changes on the way as the summer progresses… including getting the old shed panels to the tip 😂

Phew, that was a warm dough day! Fortunately it’s all safely in the fridge ready to bake for you all at Ely Markets Farmer’s Market in the morning.

Specials are Parmys and Seedy Bastards, plus Masala Buns, Hazelnut Butter Tarts and an Apple Butter Ginger Bakewell Tart, plus all the regulars. Apologies to the customer who I assured I’d have Village loaves, a pesky appointment in the middle of my dough day meant I had to streamline production slightly, but they’ll be at both markets in June, I’ve got 6.5kg of olives to get through!

There’ll be Sunshines, Parmys, Village Loaves, Dons, Umamis, Bastards, HCB Loaves and Cinnamon Buns at the Stretham Feast market from 10am tomorrow. Come and join the fun!

Love this time of the year, the garden’s bursting with life and produce for my loaves – the rosemary bush in the foreground is currently lending me its leaves for the Parmy, and the rhubarb is near ready to give me a batch or two of the rhubarb ciabattas. The night time temperatures are making starter maintenance just that little bit easier, and the daytime temperatures aren’t yet hot enough to make dough days painful.

With the bakery across the road no longer happening big changes to the garden are on the horizon, but for now I’m just enjoying its current phase and dreaming of what comes next.

It’s Parmy month at the moment, so I’ll be bringing a batch of these loaves to the Ely Markets Farmer’s Market tomorrow. There’ll also be Moroccans, plus all the regulars. And custard tarts 😋. See you there!

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Cracking batch of loaves out of the oven today. I was almost caught out by the warm afternoon yesterday, but fortunately the dough was strong enough I take a little extra ‘poof’.

Next week is a new month in the bakery so it’s time for a new special – the Parmy. Parmesan, smoked garlic and rosemary, on the website now. Enjoy!