When I saw this, I oculd not stop myself and went to the kitchen and mixed the ingredients, put them in a bowl and calmly came back to my seat. Took me less than 10 mins maybe? And the next day, after work I continued with the rest of the process. Unfortunately it was not ready for dinner, but this morning we had our shares of this bread, talked about the chemistry of letting the dough rise that long etc. Even though kneading the bread has always felt like a threapy for me, there are days I feel quite well, can get around without a need for threapy ;)

Check out Rose Levy Beranbaum’s comments on this recipe as well, if you want to get your hands dirty, too.

I used my Sassafras baker for this, and it worked quite well. Also, during the second rise, I used a silicone mat to rest the dough on, instead of a kitchen cloth.
Well, happy baking!

If you ask me what the easiest soup to make is, my answer would be this lentil soup, cooked with veggies. To give a nice twist to the taste, my family uses the usual trick; red pepper paste. I now realized how much I have been talking about this paste and using it. If you have it sold close by, grab a small jar to at least try this soup out.

Once one would use a strainer to get th thickness off the puree, and now we use immersion blenders. Less things to wash. No complaints.

(4 – 5 servings)

• 300 gr carrots (3 – 4 medium size)
• 300 gr onion (2 medium size)
• 400 gr potato (2 medium size)
• 1 cup red lentils
• salt, cumin if desired
• 2 Tbs butter
• 1 tsp red pepper paste

Serve with croutons and/or lemon slices/juice

1. After washing and peeling the onion, carrot and the potatoes, cut them into 4 – 5 pieces and top off with the washed red lentils . If cooking in pressure cooker (cuts down the cooking time to 20 mins or so) add 4 – 5 cups of water, otherwise for regular pots, add more water. Add a bit of salt and cumin, if desired. Cook until vegetables are soft. It takes about 10 mins after the whistle goes off in the pressure cooker.
2. Get the immersion blender in the pot and blend until smooth. Otherwise use the stand blender or a strainer to get the mix smooth. If the blend is think, add enough hot water to hold the thick enough consistency (should be usual soup thinkness at the end)
3. Pour the soup in a bowl, wash the pot you’ve been using so you do not burn the left over vegetable mix when melting the butter. Melt the butter, add the red pepper paste and add the soup mix on to it. Let it boil once and serve hot.