However, after baking, I realised the weird taste from yesterday is still present, just a little milder than before. You won't smell it. But when you eat the bread, you'll just get that unpleasant after taste, like "used overnight oil", if you know what I mean. My instincts told me that it's from the pandan juice. I'm not quite sure what exactly went wrong. Perhaps my pandan juice is too concentrated? I've used 10 pandan leaves with 150ml of water to get 130ml of juice. Or maybe pandan juice is not suitable for baking? Maybe that's why I couldn't find a bread recipe using it.
Whatever the case, I don't think I'm going to bake this again, since I seriously doubt I'll get that "Bonjour" standard without using any artificial ingredients. *shrug* Other than the taste, everything else was perfect. The crust was nicely browned. The bread was soft and fluffy and in a nice green tone.
Mood:
tired
6 comments:
hi kwf, hang in there ok? Let it rest for a while then try again. I dare not open my mouth to borrow my fren's bread maker (paiseh mah). Also, i am afraid i get hooked too! but bread will definitely be a good change for my kids. they don't like cakes but keep asking me to make cookies.
yuri, I find cookies too heaty. I'm afraid they'll fall sick more often with cookies. So bread seems like the best choice now. Nowadays I like to hand knead bread. It's very time consuming but very satisfying at the end to see the pretty smooth dough. :)
hey wf, my sis in law said she'll pass me the breadmaker our bro in law lent her! they both were unsuccesful with it. i'm researching, may start either with your yogurt bread or hokkaido milk loaf. what would u suggest?
I'm not really familiar with bread maker. I heard there's certain sequence to put in the ingredients. Remember to put the salt and yeast in different ends of the bread maker. I'll suggest you start with the Yogurt Bread original recipe (follow the link in my blog) as the original recipe is meant for a breadmaker. After you tested the bread maker, you can go and try other recipes. Good luck and happy bread baking!
Hi kwf, the smell that u detect in your pandan bread...could it be the coconut milk...did u use any? The texture of your bread looks great though. keep up the great job :)
HHB, no, it's definitely not coconut milk coz I didn't use any. It's the pandan juice. I'm not too sure why it gives that smell when baked. I don't like the smell, so I gave up trying to improve it.
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