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bread and water – a BRITA water filter jug giveaway

2 May 2014 by Dominic Franks

… it’s amazing that, considering the amount of water we use in our cooking, we very rarely think of it as a main ingredient and it was only when the good people at BRITA asked me to become an ambassador in their Better with BRITA campaign that I properly thought about it… it is naturally in nearly everything we cook and of course we wouldn’t be able to survive without the stuff, so it makes sense that, seeing we’re creating such wonderful food, we try at least to add a good quality water to the ingredient list…

… i’m actually a big advocate for using good old-fashioned tap-water.  It is delivered to your very own kitchen tap and has been serving us well for a couple of hundred years give or take and is so much better for the environment that bottled water that may have travelled for miles just to reach your lips… so I love the idea that BRITA create a filtering system that make your household water even more gorgeous…

… to celebrate their love for filtered water BRITA has teamed up with Delicious Magazine to launch a campaign to find passionate foodies who want to showcase their own amazing recipes using filtered water… the details to enter the campaign are on the Delicious Mag website… all the entries will judged by an expert panel, including our very own Karen from Lavender and Lovage, who will draw up a shortlist of people who will be given the chance to come to London and make their recipe for the judges to taste… three lucky winners will then be invited on a VIP trip to attend The Big Festival – the UK’s most popular food festival, and it’s here that they will be able to sell their produce… it’s a great idea for someone with a budding food business or a group of friends who love to cook or even that last chance to show off Auntie Mable’s secret scone recipe… and it could be YOU!

… of course you’ll need filtered water so to inspire you to enter I have been given a wonderful Marella water filter jug to give away to one lucky Belleau Kitchen reader – all you have to do is fill in the clever rafflecopter gadety thing below…

classic white egg loaf
in the meantime here’s my favourite thing to make with water… a most basic of food staples… bread.  This is a classic loaf with added milk and egg to soften.

enough for two large loaves – using the low-knead method
600g strong white bread flour
200g white seeded flour
2 teaspoons quick action yeast
2 teaspoons salt
2 tablespoons sugar
400ml filtered water
150ml milk
1 egg – beaten
throw all the bread ingredients into a very large bowl, bring together with a rubber spatula, cover with a tea towel and set aside for ten minutes whilst you make a cup of tea
oil your work surface, remove the sticky dough from the bowl, oil the bowl and wipe it with your hand, then with your oily hand, knead the dough 8 times, place the dough back in the bowl, cover with a tea towel and set aside for 10 minutes
repeat twice more then cover the bowl with cling film and set aside for an hour or until the dough has doubled in size
preheat the oven to 200C and prep two baking trays with parchment paper
oil your work surface and knead the dough, punching it had and folding it over a few time, then divide in two, set one piece aside
flatten it out into an oval shape and then roll it up into a tight sausage, tuck the ends under and either place on an oiled baking tray or into a loaf tin – set aside for 30 mins whilst you heat up the oven to 200C.
once the oven is hot, place a tray of cold water in the oven, then brush the top of the loaf with beaten egg and bake on 200C for 10 mins then reduce the heat to 180 for a further 20 mins then remove from the oven and lay on a wire rack to cool
eat and of course, enjoy!

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  1. Tracey Peach says

    2 May 2014 at 1:05 pm

    Ice Cold Water Please Thank You 🙂 xxx

  2. Tracy K Nixon says

    2 May 2014 at 1:11 pm

    Ice cold water for me! So refreshing! Thank you x

  3. Anonymous says

    2 May 2014 at 1:41 pm

    Ice cold water
    (kim neville)

  4. Jean | DelightfulRepast.com says

    2 May 2014 at 1:42 pm

    Dom, your bread looks wonderful! I love making bread of all kinds, lots of different methods – I'm just a breadaholic! And I'm satisfied to use tap water most of the time, but a couple times a year when the lake (our water source) “turns over” and the water tastes awful, I get out my Brita pitcher!

  5. What's Baking?? says

    2 May 2014 at 1:44 pm

    Whole goodness of H2O.. Yr bead looks soft n springy.. Must be tasting good!

  6. Jane Willis says

    2 May 2014 at 1:55 pm

    Ice cold please – with added ice

  7. marie g says

    2 May 2014 at 2:00 pm

    Room temperature for me – damn those sensitive teeth!

  8. Treat and Trick says

    2 May 2014 at 2:50 pm

    The bread looks perfect and gorgeous! So far never used filtered water for baking, all along using tap water only…

  9. mpsandy says

    2 May 2014 at 2:55 pm

    I love ice cold water.

  10. greatbritishfamily says

    2 May 2014 at 3:23 pm

    ice cold

  11. clair downham says

    2 May 2014 at 5:56 pm

    ice cold for me thankyou

  12. Gill says

    2 May 2014 at 7:31 pm

    Ice cold!

  13. Samantha says

    2 May 2014 at 7:59 pm

    I use a Brita water filter to avoid messing up my crazy-expensive espresso machine with limescale, but this post has made me re-think cooking with the water – I now have high hopes for improving soup!

  14. Karen S Booth says

    2 May 2014 at 8:19 pm

    A FABULOUS loaf of bread Dom and such AMAZING photos too! XXX

  15. Rebecca Phillips says

    2 May 2014 at 8:23 pm

    ice cold!!

  16. Chloe Borderick says

    2 May 2014 at 8:27 pm

    Room temperature for me – sensitive teeth! x

    http://ninegrandstudent.co.uk/

  17. frances hopkins says

    2 May 2014 at 8:38 pm

    Ice cold x

  18. Catherine says

    2 May 2014 at 8:41 pm

    I prefer everything room temperature. Thank you for such a fabulous giveaway! Blessings, Catherine

  19. faith76 says

    3 May 2014 at 5:27 am

    Room Temperature

  20. Mrs Louise Barnes says

    3 May 2014 at 6:02 am

    Ice cold x

  21. Stuart Edwards says

    3 May 2014 at 6:06 am

    Ice Cold Water

  22. claire bodin says

    3 May 2014 at 6:40 am

    Ice cold water

  23. mummy24 says

    3 May 2014 at 6:48 am

    Ice cold!

    Ashleigh

  24. pipaluk says

    3 May 2014 at 7:07 am

    ice cold xxx

  25. princesssmithee says

    3 May 2014 at 7:13 am

    ice cold

  26. sarah burchell says

    3 May 2014 at 7:18 am

    ice cold x

  27. Heather Haigh says

    3 May 2014 at 7:31 am

    Depends how hot I am – like both.

  28. Lorna kennedy says

    3 May 2014 at 7:45 am

    Ice cold for me xc

  29. claire nutman says

    3 May 2014 at 7:57 am

    Ice cold darling x

  30. Ceri Bulkeley says

    3 May 2014 at 8:14 am

    Room temperature

  31. Aaron Broad says

    3 May 2014 at 9:15 am

    as cold as chuck norris's fridge

  32. Anonymous says

    3 May 2014 at 9:19 am

    Ice cubes a slice of fresh lemon or lime, a tall glass filled to the brim with Brita filtered Water is pure pleasure and so good for me. Thank you also for the loaf recipe. Just what I need for inspiration to bake real bread and fillmy kitchen with wonderful aromas.
    From Sandra .O
    cream_160@hotmail.com

  33. mo3733 says

    3 May 2014 at 9:26 am

    ice cold

  34. Lynne says

    3 May 2014 at 9:28 am

    ice cold

  35. Bekki Mills says

    3 May 2014 at 9:30 am

    Ice cold

  36. Laura Pinnell says

    3 May 2014 at 9:33 am

    Ice cold everytime for me!

  37. baudsley says

    3 May 2014 at 10:02 am

    ice cold

  38. Zoe G says

    3 May 2014 at 10:08 am

    Ice Cold

  39. mambojambo says

    3 May 2014 at 10:10 am

    Ice cold

  40. Pooky says

    3 May 2014 at 10:11 am

    Ice cold

  41. Sam Swain says

    3 May 2014 at 10:27 am

    ice cold

  42. magical says

    3 May 2014 at 10:54 am

    ice cold water x

  43. kj19 says

    3 May 2014 at 11:06 am

    must be ice cold

  44. Susan Lindquist says

    3 May 2014 at 12:41 pm

    here in our neck of the woods, most people rely on private wells to supply their drinking water and since this area has varying degrees of iron and manganese in the water, filtering systems are rampant. I have used a Britta or PUR water filtering jug for our drinking water for years … and so it's always fridge cold … it really does improve the flavour of our well water. This is a great give away for your Euro readers, Dom!

    Another gorgeous loaf, by the by!

  45. Lorraine Tinsley says

    3 May 2014 at 2:18 pm

    Room temp for me

  46. Jo Jones says

    3 May 2014 at 4:07 pm

    Ice cold water

  47. Pete W says

    3 May 2014 at 4:57 pm

    Ice cold for me as well

  48. Caroline says

    3 May 2014 at 5:21 pm

    Ice cold every time.

  49. Sarah says

    3 May 2014 at 6:57 pm

    Room temperature for me!

  50. Edward Guerreiro says

    3 May 2014 at 7:06 pm

    I prefer room temperature.

  51. Allan Smith says

    3 May 2014 at 7:27 pm

    room temperature

  52. Melissa Red says

    3 May 2014 at 7:34 pm

    Ice cold for me

  53. Christina Brown says

    3 May 2014 at 9:18 pm

    Ice Cold Water 🙂

  54. Mark Adams says

    3 May 2014 at 9:22 pm

    Ice cold any day. Room temperature is boring.

  55. ashton53 says

    3 May 2014 at 10:43 pm

    Ice cold water for me

  56. Jenni Russell says

    4 May 2014 at 12:45 am

    Definately ice cold =)

  57. Joanna Carter says

    4 May 2014 at 2:26 am

    Room temp gets my teeth if ice cold 🙁

  58. Choclette says

    4 May 2014 at 7:58 am

    We are so lucky to have easy access to clean drinking water and Invariably take it for granted. It doesn't bear thinking about all the people that don't.

  59. Mickie Bull says

    4 May 2014 at 9:26 am

    Ice Cold Water!

  60. Hannah Staveley says

    4 May 2014 at 9:52 am

    Ice cold .x

  61. Sarah Wyatt says

    4 May 2014 at 12:12 pm

    Ice cold!

  62. katie skeoch says

    4 May 2014 at 1:00 pm

    Ice cold please x

  63. Claire Long says

    4 May 2014 at 2:04 pm

    Ice cold for me 🙂

  64. Victoria says

    4 May 2014 at 3:08 pm

    ice cold

  65. JACLYN says

    4 May 2014 at 4:16 pm

    Ice cold!

  66. Emma Nixon says

    4 May 2014 at 4:27 pm

    Ice cold water if its a hot sunny day.

  67. Lynsey Buchanan says

    4 May 2014 at 4:29 pm

    Ice cold

  68. Anonymous says

    4 May 2014 at 4:55 pm

    Since my month hurts; room temp 🙂

    @oneisjamie

  69. cherie28 says

    4 May 2014 at 7:07 pm

    Ice cold for me 🙂 x

  70. Jo Glasspool says

    4 May 2014 at 8:26 pm

    Ice cold everytime x

  71. Teresa Lee says

    4 May 2014 at 8:32 pm

    Ice Cold Water

  72. Alexandra Blue says

    4 May 2014 at 9:40 pm

    ice cold

  73. Lillian Fisher says

    4 May 2014 at 10:12 pm

    Ice cold all year round x

  74. laurenxx22 says

    4 May 2014 at 10:23 pm

    ice cold

  75. julie laing says

    5 May 2014 at 2:29 am

    ice cold

  76. Diane says

    5 May 2014 at 6:42 am

    Ice cold

  77. Gillian Holmes says

    5 May 2014 at 8:22 am

    room temperature your body isn't designed for ice cold anything

  78. katyspence says

    5 May 2014 at 8:24 am

    Room temp

  79. MOLONC says

    5 May 2014 at 10:05 am

    Ice Cold

  80. Charlotte Ingham says

    5 May 2014 at 10:14 am

    Something in the middle (a pleasant chilled!) – Ice Cold is *too* cold but I don't like icky room temperature either!

  81. dwerry says

    5 May 2014 at 11:23 am

    Cold but not ice cold.

  82. stephen holman says

    5 May 2014 at 1:11 pm

    ice cold !!

  83. Prerna Gupta says

    5 May 2014 at 5:25 pm

    Room temperature for me

  84. Cheryl Pasquier says

    5 May 2014 at 6:59 pm

    Ice cold. I must give that bread a try, looks delish 🙂

  85. Kat Allinson says

    5 May 2014 at 8:44 pm

    Room Temperature!

  86. Gemma Snell says

    5 May 2014 at 8:52 pm

    Ice cold 🙂

  87. Amy says

    6 May 2014 at 2:58 am

    Ice cold!

  88. Brownhandbag says

    6 May 2014 at 9:24 am

    ice cold always

  89. jayne underwood says

    6 May 2014 at 11:04 am

    ice cold

  90. Heidi Brown says

    6 May 2014 at 11:47 am

    ice cold!

  91. Kelly Hooper says

    6 May 2014 at 12:27 pm

    ice cold

  92. Lorna MacFadyen says

    6 May 2014 at 12:28 pm

    ice cold everytime

  93. Jayne says

    6 May 2014 at 1:00 pm

    Ice Cold Water 🙂 Thanks for the giveaway.

  94. Ann Pierce says

    6 May 2014 at 3:11 pm

    Ice cold

  95. Natalie Crossan says

    6 May 2014 at 4:24 pm

    Ice cold 😀

  96. Alice Hindley says

    6 May 2014 at 5:09 pm

    Ice Cold Water

  97. Jackie ONeill says

    6 May 2014 at 6:00 pm

    ice cold

  98. Clint Howat says

    6 May 2014 at 7:02 pm

    Ice cold please

  99. kasza says

    6 May 2014 at 7:35 pm

    Ice cold water

  100. angie mummy says

    6 May 2014 at 7:50 pm

    Room temp

  101. Jill Cordner says

    6 May 2014 at 7:58 pm

    Ice cold water x

  102. Sarah says

    6 May 2014 at 8:13 pm

    Ice cold

  103. C Parkin says

    7 May 2014 at 7:37 am

    Ice cold on a hot day-room temp otherwise

  104. Hazel Christopher says

    7 May 2014 at 10:17 am

    Ice cold for me 🙂

  105. Catherine Bell says

    7 May 2014 at 10:38 am

    Room temp for me

  106. Emma Walters says

    7 May 2014 at 11:45 am

    ice cold 🙂

  107. srobertson2 says

    7 May 2014 at 12:01 pm

    Ice cold water for me 🙂

  108. Dessallara says

    7 May 2014 at 12:03 pm

    Ice cold 🙂

  109. Alison says

    7 May 2014 at 12:07 pm

    Ice cold water please

  110. lisa rhodes says

    7 May 2014 at 12:07 pm

    ice cold most definitely

  111. krnries says

    7 May 2014 at 12:13 pm

    I prefer room temperature, unless I am really warm, then an ice cold water is perfect 🙂

  112. Yaz says

    7 May 2014 at 12:17 pm

    Surely ice cold? Why would you want to drink tepid water in the summer =p

  113. Nicola Reynolds says

    7 May 2014 at 1:07 pm

    Ice cold

  114. Debbie says

    7 May 2014 at 1:58 pm

    Ice cold unless im really thirsty – nothing worse than brain freeze!!

  115. Ruth Longville says

    7 May 2014 at 3:09 pm

    Ice Cold – nobody likes lukewarm water – or do they? LOL

  116. leigh boyle says

    7 May 2014 at 3:43 pm

    ice cold =)

  117. Patricia Avery says

    7 May 2014 at 5:10 pm

    Ice cold…it makes it much easier for me to drink.

  118. Hannah Smith says

    7 May 2014 at 6:44 pm

    Room temperature.. I have sensitive teeth!

    @smeethsaysfashn

  119. claire wilkinson says

    7 May 2014 at 6:45 pm

    ice cold when the weather is warm, lukewarm in middle of the night – dont want brainfreeze!!

  120. sairz eastham says

    7 May 2014 at 7:23 pm

    Ice cold, room temp water is awful!

  121. Tina Lawton says

    7 May 2014 at 7:29 pm

    Room temperature, my teeth are far too sensitive for ice cold, ouch!

  122. jodie harvey says

    7 May 2014 at 7:31 pm

    oooh has to be ice cold, the colder the better for me 🙂
    following via GFC 🙂

  123. flamez says

    7 May 2014 at 7:45 pm

    ice cold

  124. rugmaker says

    7 May 2014 at 7:57 pm

    Ice cold

  125. Rachel says

    7 May 2014 at 7:58 pm

    I hate Ice Cold water – it has to be room temperature for me!

  126. Trudi Walsh says

    7 May 2014 at 8:02 pm

    Room temp

  127. WeeWillieWilkie says

    7 May 2014 at 8:09 pm

    Room temperature

  128. Helen Stott says

    7 May 2014 at 8:09 pm

    Ice is a solid so is therefore impossible to drink until it has melted back into a liquid. Is this a trick question. I like ice in my water. But dont like the whole glass as cold as ice.

  129. tiffany wills says

    7 May 2014 at 8:39 pm

    Ice cold water

  130. Sam P Toms says

    7 May 2014 at 9:23 pm

    room temp for me

  131. Ser says

    7 May 2014 at 9:30 pm

    ice cold, its the only thing i like about winter, you get cold water 🙂

  132. Ellen Stafford says

    7 May 2014 at 9:43 pm

    Ice cold water

  133. Emily Knight says

    7 May 2014 at 9:43 pm

    Somewhere in between! Water rehydrates you quicker when it's closer to body temperature 🙂

  134. Donna Kent says

    7 May 2014 at 9:50 pm

    Always clod. I can't drink tepid water. I can taste the chlorine.

  135. Donna Kent says

    7 May 2014 at 9:51 pm

    Cold even!

  136. Tammy Tudor says

    7 May 2014 at 10:01 pm

    room temperature 🙂

  137. joanna_kow says

    7 May 2014 at 10:08 pm

    Room Temperature

  138. Karis says

    7 May 2014 at 10:10 pm

    Ice Cold

  139. Keeley Atkinson says

    7 May 2014 at 10:36 pm

    Ice cold

  140. 2013dogs says

    7 May 2014 at 10:54 pm

    Ice cold

  141. denise s says

    7 May 2014 at 11:23 pm

    ice cold

  142. Jane Middleton says

    7 May 2014 at 11:56 pm

    Room Temperature

  143. Ian says

    8 May 2014 at 6:15 am

    Must be Ice cold

  144. Amy Beckett says

    8 May 2014 at 6:37 am

    Ice cold all the time

  145. Karen Lloyd says

    8 May 2014 at 8:33 am

    Ice cold, very refreshing.

  146. laura avery says

    8 May 2014 at 8:54 am

    Ice cold in summer room temp in winter

  147. GW78 says

    8 May 2014 at 9:21 am

    Room Temperature. Ice cold is nice occasionally but it makes me feel weird sometimes!

  148. Sandy Ralph says

    8 May 2014 at 10:16 am

    oh ice cold for sure

  149. alisa moore says

    8 May 2014 at 11:55 am

    Room temperature

  150. Carly ann says

    8 May 2014 at 1:20 pm

    Ice cold!

  151. fozia Akhtar says

    8 May 2014 at 2:26 pm

    Ice cold

  152. LauraWarwick says

    8 May 2014 at 4:39 pm

    room temperature

  153. Susan says

    8 May 2014 at 6:16 pm

    Room Temperature

  154. Emma says

    8 May 2014 at 6:37 pm

    Ice Cold Water

  155. Holly Boyd says

    8 May 2014 at 8:55 pm

    Room Temperature

  156. hannahlw85 says

    8 May 2014 at 11:01 pm

    Ice cold, much more refreshing

  157. Richard C. Lambert says

    18 January 2016 at 7:00 am

    I have to say this filtration system is compact and useful. Also I have other options, like thiswater filter reviews

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