KEY STEPS TO A PERFECT LOAF
If you’re not already an old hand at homemade bread, the recipes in this month’s 16-page pull-out Collector’s Edition bread recipes will inspire you to get kneading. But here are a few things that are good to know – and a few ways to fix things if they go wrong
BREAD KNOW-HOW
WHICH YEAST TO USE?
Fresh and dried yeast are more or less interchangeable. Dried yeast is widely available and comes in two forms. Fresh yeast is harder to find but you can get it in some health shops, bakeries and supermarkets (or from supermarket in-store bakeries).
Fast-action dried yeast is a dry powdery beige substance: it can be added directly to your dry ingredients.