One of the aims of Real Bread Ireland is to help people rediscover the art of baking real bread at home. These are the members that run baking sessions:
Speltbaker, Kilkenny
These will run every second weekend starting on 14th/15th February. The bake house is small and numbers are limited to 5 per day. Because of this small number, we can tailor the course to individual requirements and make whatever people want to learn or have the biggest problems with.
Saturday is “the full Irish” and work on Soda breads, railway cake, fruit scones, stripy cats, apple tarts and such like and
Sunday is the continental day with yeast, sourdough and brioche dough, with loaves, rolls, stromboli and pizza.
The days are scheduled to run from 2-6pm on Saturdays and Sunday with tea and coffee at the start and a glass of wine with whatever we managed to make at the end of the day. We will supply all that is required for the days baking and people will receive a folder with recipes, addresses etc.
Cost is set at €60 per day or €100 per weekend. Contact Josephine on ideasunlimited@eircom.net for more information
Riot Rye, Tipperary
Joe Fitzmaurice does both Sourdough and Introduction to Baking courses. This is the information on his Sourdough course:
Sourdough Course
8 places, €95 per person, 1 day course
Saturdays – 28th Feb 2015, 14th & 28th March, 25th April 2015 with more dates to follow
11am-5:30pm, lunch included
You will learn
- how to make flavoursome and highly nutritious sourdough breads
- how to start and maintain a sourdough starter
- how to manage the fermentation and flavour of your doughs
- about the nutritional benefits and digestability of sourdough breads
- You will gain an understanding of how to blend flours and flavours and refresh your sourdough starters. Using temperature and various fermentation techniques, you will learn how to work with the subtle and complex textures, flavours and forms of your breads.
You will bring home with you a selection of breads, fresh sourdough starter and the confidence to bake real bread at home!
Find out more on his website.
Firehouse Bakery
The most obvious place for a baker based in Delgany to run baking courses is in West Cork. On an island….
We limit our class numbers to ensure each course is personailized. Throughout the day you will work side by side with Patrick as he introduces you to the versatile world of real bread, no square and pre-sliced loaves here.
By the day’s end you will have produced authentic soda bread, seen your yeasted loaves rise and tasted both sweet and savoury treats. You might even get to meet the king of the bread basket, sourdough.
Where possible each course will be tailored to the needs, abilities and interests of the group. If you have a particular interest please let us know.
Course includes:
Return ferry to Heir Island
Full day hands on baking experience
Bake your very own hand made bread in a wood fired clay oven
Lunch with wine, with Roaringwater Bay serving as the back drop
An artisan baker’s goodie bag to take home
And as much freshly baked bread as you can carry
Split tins, cob loaves, pizzas, flat breads, foccacias, cinnamon swirls and a whole lot more are all waiting for you at the Firehouse Bakery and Bread school. Book your place today!
Timings: 10:30 am – 5:30pm Ferry from Cunnamore Pier at 10am ( Sundays 9.30am) Returns at 6pm
Cost: €110 per person
Check out their website for more details but as of the date of this post the 23rd June is the earliest there is space available! They also run evening courses in Delgany, equally booked out.
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