I've also decided to ditch the bread machine as 1) I can pretty much 'do' a machine-sized loaf in one hit 2) the cuboid shape doesn't satisfy my rustic sensibilities, and 3) I don't have enough room to keep that many kitchen gadgets. (My homebrew kit now takes up an entire cupboard...) So today, I made my first 1kg Lepard inspired 50% white/50% wholemeal loaf, with a couple of short kneads and a 2 hour rise. Not having a suitable bread tin, it went in my fake Le Creuset casserole pot. Turned out lovely, all stretchy gluten patterns in the wonderfully wobbly and mis-shapen crust, and just right for having the remains of Monday's roast lamb slammed between some slices with some mayo and tomato.
Wanting to make a rye loaf next, and I've discovered that my local supermarkets no longer stock rye flour (and my local Lidl no longer sells their spectacularly-valued and humungously-sized rye loaves). It's always the way isn't it? As soon as I find something interesting or tasty in a supermarket they stop selling it. I'm sure I can track down some Doves Farm rye flour from somewhere, but sometimes the faff involved outweighs the point of making your own.