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Courses in Italy

Artisan Bread School returns to Fattoria degli Usignoli
in the heart of the glorious Tuscan countryside

Five-day in-depth courses with Carl Shavitz
2013
Mo
nday 6 May - Friday 10 May 2013 - course full

Monday 13 May - Friday 17 May 2013 - course full

2014
Monday 5 May - Friday 9 May
Monday 12 May - Friday 16 May

Instructor: Carl Shavitz, Director - Artisan Bread School, artisan baker

The courses include:
Creating and maintaining your own sourdough leavens
Working with sourdough, fresh yeast & an overnight sponge
Fermentation, mixing, kneading, folding, shaping a loaf, proofing & retarding
Temperature and humidity control
Baking in a wood-fired oven

Difference in flours
The world of olive oil


We will be making 100% sourdough loaves, breads using both sourdough and fresh yeast, as well as fully yeasted breads. You will make focaccia, ciabatta, grissini & bagel. Breads with;spice, seeds, fruit & nut, olive oil, chocolate, tomatoes or absolutely plain.

bagel cooling
lunch with our own bread
Focaccia photo David Johnson Cambridgeshire Journal September 2007
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site updated 29 April 2013