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Benoit Mandelbrot passed away a few days ago. He has been for a long time one of my personal heroes. Rereading his wikipedia entry I've read something that I haven't noticed before:
The English pronunciation of the name "Mandelbrot", which is a German and Yiddish word meaning "almond bread",
So why not make some almond bread in the shape of a fractal?
Although I would love to make the loafs in the shape of a Mandebrot set I choose the weakling way and went for a more easy first order Sierpinski carpet.
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Signing UpStep 1Ingredients and the quest for Almond Flour
The recipe is pretty simple:
1 kilo of flour. (about 2.2 lbs) split 3 ways
300 g (2/3 lbs) of almond flour
3 Tablespoons of sugar
500 ml (a pint) of water
150 ml (5oz) milk
Instant yeast
2 eggs
a pinch of salt
almonds for decoration
2 doses of amaretto liqueur
if you want a glaze:
5 tablespoons of confectioners sugar
2 doses of amaretto liqueur
If you don't have almond flour, as I didn't I just ground some myself with a coffee grinder.
I had to work in batches and left some batches a little coarser or chunky so I could have a better end texture on the bread.
Also a word of advice: If you can, have different grinders for coffee and spices. I've ruined some very good coffee once.
1 kilo of flour. (about 2.2 lbs) split 3 ways
300 g (2/3 lbs) of almond flour
3 Tablespoons of sugar
500 ml (a pint) of water
150 ml (5oz) milk
Instant yeast
2 eggs
a pinch of salt
almonds for decoration
2 doses of amaretto liqueur
if you want a glaze:
5 tablespoons of confectioners sugar
2 doses of amaretto liqueur
If you don't have almond flour, as I didn't I just ground some myself with a coffee grinder.
I had to work in batches and left some batches a little coarser or chunky so I could have a better end texture on the bread.
Also a word of advice: If you can, have different grinders for coffee and spices. I've ruined some very good coffee once.
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Watch out for those almonds though, they give off gamma!
RIP Mandelbrot.
Great instructable! RIP Benoit Mandelbrot