Flour in the air
by four.
Run a finger across the bench. A slow knead and a quick dust shed the same line — every grain is spaced by distance, never by the clock.
out at 7:10.
Move, draw or tap across the bench
Flour trace 04
Distance keeps the rhythm.
- 7u spacing
- 620 grains
- 52 grain burst
This week on the bench
Three doughs, one oven,
and a street that queues.
- 01Tue – Thu
Alder Row country loaf
Forty-hour sourdough, 20 % stoneground rye from the Halden mill, a crust that crackles for the length of the street.
Out at 6:40£5.20 - 02Friday
Three-strand milk braid
The one on the bench above. Brushed twice with egg and cream, plaited by whoever got in first, gone by eleven.
Out at 7:10£6.00 - 03Sat – Sun
Cardamom knots
Laminated dough, hand-ground green cardamom and a sugar syrup that sets glassy. Six to a tray, one tray per hour.
Hourly from 8:00£3.40