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Fresh -V- dried yeast

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  • Ticklemouse
    Ticklemouse Posts: 5,030 Forumite
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    Tins of yeast - most supermarket chains sell them - but not every store. I went to get one from Asda today and they only sold the sachets. The tin I have now I believe I got in a smaller but 'more affluent' Tesco. Holland and Barrett sell them at the same price, maybe other health food shops too.
  • Becles
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    Lakeland sell a packet of yeast for £1. It's made by Dove Farms and you need 1 tsp per 2lb loaf. You have to keep it in the fridge, but it's a lot easier than sachets.
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  • Miss_Behaving
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    I went to Tesco yesterday and they gave me free yeast! The woman behind the bread counter told me to store it in a tupperware container in the fridge.

    I made my first loaf of bread yesterday (by hand) and it tastes fantastic!!
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  • rinoa778
    rinoa778 Posts: 196 Forumite
    I managed to get a tin of Allinsons dried yeast. It should be in the baking section near the easy bake kind. If you are hand baking, it does need a double rising but I like it because it doesn't have added raising agents to make it bake/rise faster. The only problem is getting the quantity right. My bread is getting less beary the more I bake! :)
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  • FZwanab
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    My tesco said they couldnt give me yeast due to insurance reasons at their bakery.
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  • nutter
    nutter Posts: 127 Forumite
    Hi, i have just got back from Tesco with my fresh Yeast, do you have to do anything with it before putting it into the bread mixer, i broke it up into the smallest bits i could but i am not sure if i have done it right.

    thanks for any help

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  • Addiscomber
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    I have never used fresh yeast, but as far as I know you make it into a cream with some of the recipe liquid.
  • studentphil
    studentphil Posts: 37,640 Forumite
    Fresh Yeast is so much faster acting than dried.
    :beer:
  • martindow
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    I think that the yeast you use makes quite a difference to the taste of bread. Tesco fresh yeast has quite a distinctive taste when you make your bread, in fact it tastes just like Tesco bread! You don't want to keep fresh yeast too long I find. It's best to pick up some from the shop each time you go.
  • [Deleted User]
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    all kinds of yeast
    http://www.dovesfarm-organic.co.uk/yeasts-raising-agents.htm

    Delia`s yeast
    http://www.deliaonline.com/ingredients/yeast,267,IN.html
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