A Village Affair

Not that kind of affair! I mean, the local farmers market and farmers breakfast, held in Sparkwell village community hall just up the road from us here. It's been going since October 2018, and I think it's really beginning to gather momentum.   We take orders on Facebook and email, to get a rough idea of numbers, and then take a guess at how many to bake 'on spec'.  Dragan and I set the leavens and scale out the flours the night before, then get up at 5 am to start mixing the 'Pilgrims'  - naturally leavened large white organic loaves in the form of the pilgrim's shell (in my basket in the photo).   It was minus 2 degrees outside this morning, so I was pretty glad to be indoors in  the bakery!   And our guess on numbers turned out to be almost spot on.  Just one slice of focaccia left to take home  -  that's a very happy baker on her way to a long soak in the bath!