HEARTH BREADS
It’s Alive!
Our all-natural ingredients include a little piece of magic called starter. Essentially a fermenting combination of water, flour and live yeast, the starter is, technically, alive. As we take from the starter, we add back to the starter, and the fermentation process begins anew. It’s the way handcrafted breads have been made for centuries and its part of the reason the loaf you’re holding in your hand tastes so darn good.
Why Paper?
Believe it or not, our all-natural ingredient, fresh-baked bread needs fresh air, too. If we wrapped it up tight in plastic, the moisture that’s trapped inside harms the crust and destroys the bread’s unique flavor. Paper, on the other hand, breeeeathes. Just like nature – and the bread maker – intended.
Fresh Bread. Eat Today.
This bread you hold in your hand is young, fresh and should be enjoyed the day you bring it home. The best way to preserve what you don’t eat today is to simply put it cut side down on a wooden cutting board. Then tomorrow, just slice off the exposed piece and enjoy the rest. But remember, unlike the preservative-packed, factory-made loaf available elsewhere, our all-natural bread, fresh-baked in our stone hearth oven won’t last forever.
So enjoy it sooner, because there’s so much more to enjoy.
Freeze If You Must.
Freezing is easy. It’s the thawing that takes a bit of patience and skill. Place a whole loaf or smaller portions in afreezer safe plastic bag and into the freezer it can go. When you’re ready to enjoy, take the whole loaf out of the bag and put it in an oven preheated to 350o for about 20 minutes, then serve. Smaller portions should be thawed, in the plastic bag, at room temperature for 3 hours or overnight. Remember, thawing in the ‘fridge will dry it out and thawing in the microwave will pretty much turn it to leather.
SLICED BREADS
Fresh Bread. Eat Today.
This bread you hold in your hand is young, fresh and should be enjoyed the day you bring it home. Our sliced bread lasts 4 or 5 days on the counter, we don’t recommend putting our breads in the refrigerator since it makes the bread dry. Unlike the preservative-packed, factory-made, sliced loaf available elsewhere, our all-natural bread, fresh-baked slices won’t last forever. But you’re not buying it to look at it, right? You’re headed for the freshest, best tasting sandwich, Panini or piece of toast that ever crossed your lips. So let’s get started.
Freeze If You Must.
Freezing is easy. It’s the thawing that takes a bit of patience. If you have to freeze our sliced bread, (our bag can be put in freezer) or use freezer safe plastic bag and into the freezer it can go. When you’re ready to enjoy, remove only that portion you intend to use and leave on your counter for a few hours or you can wrap in aluminum foil and place in a preheated to 250o oven for about 10 minutes. Remember, thawing in the ‘fridge will dry it out and thawing in the microwave will ….well we don’t even use the “m” word.
