Making Bread where to buy flour and ingredients

alwayshardup_2

where is the best place to buy fresh yeast for hand breadmaking? I do not like the dried yeasts

Glpark01

morrisons sell fresh yeast, its usually 4 blocks for 39p on the aisle with the butter and marg.

UnderPressure

any idea where you can buy this yeast in some kind of bulk ie 1kg blocks?

bushie_2

Doves yeast is great! I know its dried but so much better than any other of the dried yests that I've tried. :j

Stranger_Than_Fiction

You can get fresh yeast FREE if you ask at a Tesco which has a baking department. It might be true of other supermarkets, too, but if we ask at our local Tesco, they will give you fresh yeast. I know it's not a huge saving but as they say, every little helps!

ladybabe

try and find a local miller the flour and yeast is generally much better quality than the supermarkets and cheaper if you buy in bulk, also then bread from these flours tends to prove better. as already suggested vit c tablets are a cheaper alternative to improver

nicksh

If you've got a Polish shop nearby, they tend to sell little pats of fresh yeast for about 35p. Works well for me.

Jazzy_B

Fresh yeast is free in Asda too. I had to contact Panasonic recently about a problem with my breadmaker. They said that the best quality white strong flour at the moment was Doves Farm, Waitrose, and Tesco. The quality does seem to vary with the supermarkets. I don't find Asda flour to be that good at the moment.

OrkneyStar

I have used Tesco Value plain flour and SR flour and the Tesco own make white and brown (and I think stoneground- the green one), also Lidl own make pl, SR and bread flour. All work very well for cakes, bread, pancakes, buns, muffins, pizza bases.....of course use the correct one for what you are making lol!

dogstarheaven

hi to all you breadmakers!

i'm new to breadbaking and am making a sourdough starter atm (on Day 10) and it feels like i've just taking on a newborn! extracting and feeding it day to day seems quite a commitment. there's been a couple of days when i've been that busy that i've either forgotten or been too tired. Day 10 is in fact Day 7 in real days of feeding it. I'd be interested if there are ppl out there who'd like to share their experiences of this pls. there's been loads of moments when i thought "i need a baker" to help me with my questions.. on the net there's so much info there that it all seems v complicated on the starter-making.

btw, am using organic 15g dovesfarm rye, organic 35g waitrose strong white and 50g pure water to begin with and double that after Day 5 (14 days from finish to end). i intend to make the sourdough by hand.