Thursday, October 18, 2007

Pretty Bread



This is really easy to do. I used fresh chives, parsley, and sage to decorate my tomato bread, which I’m still trying to perfect.

1. Bring a pot of water to a boil. Have a bowl of ice water nearby.

2. Put your herbs into the boiling water for just a few seconds, then scoop them out and put them into the ice water. Lay them out on towels and pat them dry. The parsley was a little difficult to unwrinkle completely.

3. Make an “egg” wash by mixing 1 tablespoon soymilk powder with 2 tablespoons water.

4. Just before your bread is ready to bake, brush on the wash, arrange your herbs, then apply another wash.

5. Bake and enjoy!

I hope to get my tomato bread recipe like I want it, then make this red and green bread for Christmas gifts.

41 comments:

LizNoVeggieGirl said...

"pretty" doesn't even BEGIN to describe this bread - it's such a work of art, oh my goodness!! and thank you for the recipe :0)

ChocolateCoveredVegan said...

I love Luna S'mores! I think that's the first Luna I ever tried, oh-so-many years ago.

Your bread is so lovely :o).

Anonymous said...

WOW, I've never seen anything like that! Very Cool!

Anonymous said...

so very creative and pretty, I love it.

Anna said...

How pretty, and what a fantastic idea! I've never seen this before, at least definitely not with bread. Inspired.

Jackie said...

How wonderful and pretty. You certainly do not need to perfect it further :)

Ashasarala said...

Hello there!

That's so creative! I'll have to try that sometime, of course with credit to you. I've actually never had tomato bread before, so I've gotta experiment with some anyway!

bazu said...

Cooooool!

Vegan_Noodle said...

What beautiful bread decoration! Makes it look like a piece of art rather than bread!

Joy Keaton said...

That is GORGEOUS! What a terrific bread that would be for a Thanksgiving dinner! So festive!

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Unknown said...

What a work of art! So creative! I am yet to attempt to make my own bread, but when I do, I'll be taking your idea! Thankyou.

MeloMeals said...

wow.. that is just stunning.

madeinalaska said...

beautiful! Really beautiful!

Anonymous said...

very extra pretty!!

Anonymous said...

Gorgeous and a great idea. All kinds of ideas are now swirling around in my head. I bet you could do something very creative with the addition of some nuts and seeds as well.

urban vegan said...

Belissima!

Kati said...

That's amazing!

Emilie said...

WHAT?! That is so beautiful!

Sheree' said...

Beautiful! What a wonderful gift these little loaves would make. Hmm. Christmas is just around the corner. Great idea!

Amey said...

again - amazing! so beautiful and so inviting... mmmm. I can't wait to try something like this.

Amey said...

again - amazing! so beautiful and so inviting... mmmm. I can't wait to try something like this.

Anonymous said...

Great! Just great!

Anonymous said...

I'm not a vegan (I think you're misguided) however that bread is beautiful. Thanks for sharing.

Anonymous said...

Oooooh! So pretty! Thanks for inspiring me to make that ale bread recipe I've been sitting on! =)

Anonymous said...

Omnivore: Don't you think it's a bit presumptious (not to mention rude) to say a vegan is "misguided". I don't know of anybody who entered into veganism on a whim, or by being led into it by someone taking advantage of their susceptibility to suggestion. People tend to stick to a diet and/or lifestyle because it works for them, or because they are too lazy to change it. I think it would be quite hard to be lazy about being a vegan. It takes effort, and gives rewards (to other beings as well as yourself).

BTW, I am not a vegan, just veggie, but, if for no other reason, why would you want to pay multinational conglomerates owned by old money to kill animals for you? Misguided indeed.

Anonymous said...

How sad that all it takes is one link on Boing-Boing to start bringing in comments from anonymous people who feel it is their uninformed duty to diss veganism. Whatever. You're lovely bread here is amazing! Wish I could have tasted it :)

Anonymous said...

i'm really excited about trying this one.

SteveInParadise said...

Elegant in its simplicity.

Perfect for holidays and gift giving.

Thanks!

Evelin said...

The idea itself is simple, but nevertheless I've never seen anyone do it!:) Well I'm so totally borrowing that;)

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RocketRobinHood:

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Anonymous said...

Thanks for the great tip! I posted a link to the article and encouraged our readers to visit your blog.

http://www.ecollo.com/post/2008/01/This-may-just-be-the-prettiest-bread-you've-ever-seen.aspx

I'm going to have to try this soon. Everytime I look at the post, I get really hungry!

Anonymous said...

chiff0nade:

Trolling? By defending veganism? That doesn't make sense.

BTW, forgot to say before - that bread looks amazing.

Peabody said...

Absolute glorious looking bread.

Anonymous said...

Good Job! :)

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