This is the weekly bulletin from Loaf in Stirchley, with our specials, lunches and cookery school classes.
🍞 Pre-order your bread and pastries 🥐We’ll have plenty on the shelves all week, with lunches served from noon on weekdays.
Our opening hours are:
Wed - Fri: 12-6
Saturday: 8-1
Visit us at 1421 Pershore Road, Stirchley, B30 2JL (map)
A few spaces left for this Saturday 25th May - Wholegrain Baking with Tom Baker
Join our founder Tom Baker for a Wholegrain Baking course at Loaf!
Since last teaching at Loaf in 2019, Tom and his wife Jane have set up a new bakery and micro-homestead near Machynlleth in mid-Wales, Rye and Roses. As well as producing bread and pastries with a strong focus on sourdough and whole grain products, they grow their own toppings for their wood-fired pizza nights, and are part of a collective of farmers and enthusiasts that have helped to bring wheat growing back to the Dyfi valley after decades of absence.
During the course you will be making a 100% rye ‘Vollkornbrot’, a yeasted Wholemeal tin using Tom’s locally grown ‘YQ’ flour, a spelt sourdough and a 100% wholemeal sourdough all using different techniques, flours and baking methods.
Specials this week
Sweet bakes available this week include Biscoff Banana Bread, Raspberry, Coconut & Lime Cake & Peanut Butter Crisp Bars!
On Saturday the bakers will be making two sourdough specials:
Hazelnut & Pumpkin Seed
Sage & Onion
No reservations - first come first served.
This week's lunches
Wednesday
Curry: Tarka daal with sourdough (Ve)
Thursday
Leek, Potato & Cheddar Pie with a Spring green salad (V)
Friday
Curry: Tomato Curry w/ Sourdough (Ve)
Salt beef on challah bun
Wed - Fri
Sourdough Pizza: Grilled Courgette, red onion, lemon whipped feta, mozzarella & rocket (V)
Ham and cheese croissant
Tomato, spinach and cheese croissant (V)
Wed – Sat:
Sausage rolls
Vegetable rolls (V)
Lunches are made fresh weekdays for 12 noon.
Our menu for the week — with ingredients and allergens — is on the website.
Cookery school classes
The following classes have spaces as of this newsletter being posted.
Loaf’s all-day classes:
Bread — Back to Basics: returns soon
Simply Sourdough: Sat 1 Jun, Sat 13 July
Sweet Breads and Viennoiserie: Sat 22 June, Sat 20 July
Baking with Heritage Grains returns in summer
Wholegrain Baking with Tom Baker: Sat 25 May
Haseen’s evening classes:
Lap’s all-day classes:
Sausage & Charcuterie: returns in autumn
Seafood Masterclass: returns in autumn
Lap’s evening classes:
Thai: Wed 13 June
Ramen: Wed 10 Jul
Dumplings: returns soon
Knife Skills: Tue 28 May
We run classes throughout the year (except August and December) and schedule new dates as soon as possible. You can sign up to alert lists for specific classes here.
Thanks for all your continued support.
See you next week!
Sarah, Dorit, Martha, Pete, Rach, Molly, Dave, Mina, Neil & Michael
Address: 1421 Pershore Road, Stirchley, B30 2JL - map
Website: loaf.coop
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