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Sourdough Bread
Is there any good Sourdough bread in La Paz??
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Try at Dulce Romero - on Allende in the third block up from the malecon (right side of the street as you go up the hill)- they have it in round
loaves.
Or try at Pan de Les - on Madero in the block where the street market is on Tuesdays and Saturdays.
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Baja Linda got it right. Only two places to try for bread, Les is more what you are looking for. However there is an American donut place there now
called Dona Petit that would be worth trying and you can never miss this place for taste and value - Tiramisu - on 5 de Febrero next to the big dome
church.
http://forums.bajanomad.com/viewthread.php?tid=80856#pid1059...
If you stumble across something let us know.
P.S. if you are lucky enough to be there on a Wed or a Sat farmers market try a bottle of Bellas Gourmet pasta sauce, pate, or French baked goods.
Wow. And a smoked salmon/cream cheese empanada at another table. Nice.
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Hard to find good bread anywhere in Mexico.
If you want good bread in Mexico, you will probably have to bake your own.
Bread is easy to make, thankfully. can you buy good flours in mexico? Dunno.
[Edited on 12-17-2016 by mtgoat666]
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Goat is way off base here. (again) Things are changing and excellent artisanal breads are popping up all over Mexico. Dulce Romero in La Paz also
makes an excellent "French" baguette. The Mexican panaderias still sell the same ole sugar laden breads right next to the Coca Cola store if you're
getting a little slim.
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Quote: Originally posted by weebray  | | Goat is way off base here. (again) Things are changing and excellent artisanal breads are popping up all over Mexico. Dulce Romero in La Paz also
makes an excellent "French" baguette. The Mexican panaderias still sell the same ole sugar laden breads right next to the Coca Cola store if you're
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"Artisanal?"
That means a couple hippies (or hipsters) are selling to a few oddballs that have the time to track down obscure, unknown shop.
I contest that 99.99% of the bread sold in in Mexico is horrible!
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thanks you all for the info, except that goat person. Cliff
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| Quote: Originally posted by mtgoat666 |
Hard to find good bread anywhere in Mexico.
If you want good bread in Mexico, you will probably have to bake your own.
Bread is easy to make, thankfully. can you buy good flours in mexico? Dunno.
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I always found this to be true, but I recently ate several times at Finca Altozano in Valle de Guadalupe. They have their own bakery behind the
restaurant, and the bread they served with my meals ranks with the best bread I have ever had. The bakery only supplies the restaurant. Things change
sometimes. There is a culinary revolution going on in northern Baja.
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You know, I normally don't even read his chit because I'm not interested in uneducated feckless trolls. Unfortunately I read his post without looking
at who posted it. It was so incredibly stupid that I felt it needed to be called out. In future I will let my silence speak for me.
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He's right.
i have had to experiment ( I am still in the process of trying different starters recipes) to come up with the optimal dough. I like for my bread to
be the San Francisco style, or French, with the harder crust, lots of sour dough flavor, and lots of holes in the bread.
I have also bought several commercial starters that I have yet to be satisfied with.
I tried to find some way to buy the San Francisco's ACME BREAD CO's starter through the web, but had no luck so far. Once I buy it, I can place it in
a larger container and it can be added to as needed with regular ingredients. Buying it has been a b*tch!
| Quote: Originally posted by mtgoat666 |
Hard to find good bread anywhere in Mexico.
If you want good bread in Mexico, you will probably have to bake your own.
Bread is easy to make, thankfully. can you buy good flours in mexico? Dunno.
[Edited on 12-17-2016 by mtgoat666] |
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It appears that some of us expect more of bread. Some don't.
It takes all types (to keep bimbo in business), eh?
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I have had the grilled BLT at Caf Exquisite, and it is one of the best I have ever tasted! I checked with them, and it is made with a sourdough
bread that they bake there.
They also have baguettes, that I believe are sourdough, but have not tried yet. The bakery is at Campestre Maranatha (approx. km11) but I know they
have other locations downtown.
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We keep San Francisco style sour dough starter in the fridge and rhe wife makes sour dough bread and English muffins, which we use for eggs benedict.
Since Ley came to Loreto we have been able to get good different kinds of breads, similar to a NOB grocery store. A far cry from what was available
just 5 years ago.
So Goat, like usual " you;re full of it !! "
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Any attempt to make your own sourdough starter would be simply poolish
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Cliff, go to Joe's Deli and he can order you some. He gets his bread from a Cabo bakery. Really good sour dough.
Barb
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Well, as a bread maker, I have to say that Goat is not far off in his assessment of flours in Mexico. Too low in vital wheat gluten for lots of uses,
but just fine for things that dont need to rise like thin-crust pizza dough, churros and tortillas. IF you must, buy the Mexican flours that have the
highest protein content you can find. Around here, it is usually Tres Estrellas.
I buy my flour in the States and bring it down. I do like King Arthur and Bob's Red Mill. That may make me one of Goat's artesan hippies, I dont know.
DavidT, that's a nice link.
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Sounds like I could get really popular by bringing down some of the fabulous bread I find at my east bay grocers.
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| Quote: Originally posted by akmaxx | Baja Linda got it right. Only two places to try for bread, Les is more what you are looking for. However there is an American donut place there now
called Dona Petit that would be worth trying and you can never miss this place for taste and value - Tiramisu - on 5 de Febrero next to the big dome
church.
http://forums.bajanomad.com/viewthread.php?tid=80856#pid1059...
If you stumble across something let us know.
P.S. if you are lucky enough to be there on a Wed or a Sat farmers market try a bottle of Bellas Gourmet pasta sauce, pate, or French baked goods.
Wow. And a smoked salmon/cream cheese empanada at another table. Nice.
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Do not miss the Bagel Shop on Calle Belisario Domnguez, just one block away from the Farmers Market (Tue & Sat).
One of my favorite Breadfast places in La Paz.....
Great Coffee and Tea, plus their famous Jugo Verde
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wow interesting just found out I was a troll, Hey Barb thanks the Cabo bakery bread is great. Whats a wee bray, probably something with BB Balls,
this is fun!!!!!!
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| Quote: Originally posted by cliffh | | wow interesting just found out I was a troll, Hey Barb thanks the Cabo bakery bread is great. Whats a wee bray, probably something with BB Balls,
this is fun!!!!!! |
Hey Cliff, Don't feel bad, we troll and BB Balls says " Great photo of a senseless waste of a precious resource."
If you start baking sour dough sign me up.
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