Loaf no. 12
Tired Tuesday
Brown butter & pear loaf
a small, sweet ceremony
iii. The kitchen Brown butter,
Brown butter,
pears,
patience.
Slow recipes for tired Tuesdays and softer Sundays. Two baking books and a notebook of small ceremonies, all kept here.
a slow kitchen night
Brown butter pear, just ripe cinnamon, ground at home butter, salted a slow afternoon two cups of tea flour, gently sifted vanilla, the real kind Brown butter pear, just ripe cinnamon, ground at home butter, salted a slow afternoon two cups of tea flour, gently sifted vanilla, the real kind
Recipe of the week A small, sweet
A small, sweet
ceremony
for a Tuesday.
Brown butter pear loaf. Forty five minutes from the oven, but the patience starts on Monday. Slice thick, eat warm, do not apologise for the second helping.
Read the recipe From, the notebook no. 12
Brown butter & pear loaf
a small, sweet ceremony for a Tuesday
You will need
- Brown butter, cooled120 g
- Ripe pears, sliced thin2
- Plain flour200 g
- Soft brown sugar130 g
- Eggs, room temp2
- Ground cinnamon1 tsp
- A slow afternoonunlimited
- Two cups of teaessential
Softly, Kaitlyn
The notebook Twelve recipes,
Twelve recipes,
kept warm.
All slow. All on cream. All written the way Kaitlyn would describe them at the counter, kettle hissing.
Tart no. 03
Sunday afternoon
Honey fig galette
a rustic, sticky, kind of pretty
Morning no. 07
Slow morning
Cardamom brioche
for a kitchen that wants warming
Evening no. 18
After dinner
Plum & almond crumble
the colour of the brand, on a plate
Holiday no. 25
Christmas Eve
Spiced honey cake
tall, soft, lit by a candle
Morning no. 09
First light
Roasted peach scones
for the soft sundays
The baking books Two small books,
Two small books,
written by hand.
Both written at the kitchen counter, both featuring brown butter without apology. Letterpress covers, uncoated paper, signed by the author.
Volume i · mmxxv
The
slow
kitchen
slow
kitchen
Volume i.
The slow kitchen
Twenty four recipes for tired Tuesdays and softer Sundays. Heavy on brown butter, pears and patience. Light on apologies for either.
£32 Order a copy
Volume ii · mmxxv
A note
for the
autumn oven
for the
autumn oven
Volume ii.
A note for the autumn oven
A seasonal companion. Eighteen recipes for the months that smell like cinnamon. With a small chapter on Christmas, kept quiet.
£32 Order a copy
The method How we bake here,
How we bake here,
in four small acts.
The same shape, every time, no matter the recipe. It is less a process, more a rhythm.
i.
Begin slowly
Read the recipe twice, with the kettle on. Lay out the ingredients like a small altar.
ii.
Stay awake
Brown the butter past the foam, until it smells like a hazelnut. This is the whole job.
iii.
Let it rest
Loaves want a longer cool than you think. So do most people. Resist the urge to cut early.
iv.
Share one slice
Always. With a small note, ideally handwritten. The recipe is not the brand. The note is.
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by post each Sunday.
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