Intensity: HIGH (launch week) | Season: Last blood oranges, stored roots.
Background all week: Sourdough starter Days 1–7. 50g rye + 50g water, 1:1:1. Discard to 20g from Day 2. Target 25°C. No bake until Day 7 assessment.
| Breakfast | Lunch | Dinner | Sweet close | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mon | — (prep day) | Fresh focaccia, olive oil, salt | Beef cheeks + jus, focaccia, pickled onion, dressed watercress | Blood orange crème caramel |
| Tue | Toasted focaccia + blood orange curd | Cold beef cheeks on focaccia, pickled onion, watercress | Fried eggs on focaccia, pickled onion, watercress, vinaigrette | Sablé Breton + curd |
| Wed | Last focaccia toasted + curd | Last cold beef cheeks, pickled onion, leaves | Celeriac + leek gratin, sharp-dressed watercress | Blood orange panna cotta |
| Thu | Dark rye + butter + curd | Rye, butter, pickled onion | Reheated gratin, dressed leaves | Apple + vanilla custard tart |
| Fri | Rye + curd | Rye, butter, pickled onion (light) | Lamb shoulder, root veg, jus, rye, pickled onion, watercress | Chocolate ganache tart + crushed praline |
| Sat | Apple + praline financiers | Lamb rough puff tart, dressed leaves | Cold lamb on rye, pickled onion, dressed leaves | Blood orange crème brûlée |
| Sun | Financiers + curd | Sourdough + butter (assess), then cold lamb on sourdough, pickled onion | Sourdough, last cold lamb, last leaves, ganache tart slice | — |
Snack shelf (Sat onwards): Soft chewy caramels · Praline pieces · Remaining financiers · Remaining sablés
| 100 g | Strong white bread flour |
|---|---|
| 100 g | Water, 20°C |
| 0.5 g | Instant yeast |
Mix in clean container, cover loosely, room temp overnight 12–16h. Ready when domed, bubbly, just starting to fall. Concave = over-fermented, discard.
Make: vinaigrette, pickled onion, braised beef cheeks, poolish focaccia bake, blood orange crème caramel.
Starter Day 1: 50g rye + 50g water, loose cover, 25°C.
Lunch: Fresh focaccia, torn, olive oil and salt. Assess the bread alone first.
Dinner: Beef cheeks, jus spooned over. Torn focaccia. Pickled red onion. Dressed watercress.
→ Blood orange crème caramel, cold from fridge.