Last weekend I visited the Lakeland store near Bicester and picked up a grain grinder they had on sale. This lets me turn grains like rice into flour which can be used for all sorts of purposes.

My first experiment was grinding salt, pepper and a dried chilli along with some dried rosemary from the garden, creating an aromatic rub for Sunday’s roast lamb. I also produced a bowl of rice flour. Combined with strong white bread flour, it made an excellent bread with a much more open structure than the bread flour on its own. Superb!