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Recipes of Arkadia: Chen’s Herb Bread

May 7, 2015

Food — growing it, preparing it, eating it — is a central part of life in the Arkadia space colony. Over the next few weeks I’m sharing recipes for some of the food mentioned in the book.

Isabel Hernández isn’t like the other residents of Arkadia. Chen helps her figure out how some parts of this society works and keeps her coming back to his market stall with both his knowledge and the savoury smell of this bread.

Recipes of Arkadia: Chen's Herb Bread
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Servings Prep Time
1 loaf 30 minutes
Cook Time Passive Time
30 minutes 3 hours
Servings Prep Time
1 loaf 30 minutes
Cook Time Passive Time
30 minutes 3 hours
Recipes of Arkadia: Chen's Herb Bread
Print Recipe
Servings Prep Time
1 loaf 30 minutes
Cook Time Passive Time
30 minutes 3 hours
Servings Prep Time
1 loaf 30 minutes
Cook Time Passive Time
30 minutes 3 hours
Ingredients
  • 1 1/2 cups whole wheat flour
  • 1 1/2 cups white flour
  • 2 tsp yeast
  • 1 tsp table salt
  • 5 tbsp olive oil
  • 1 cup warm water
  • 1 tbsp mixed herbs (basil, oregano, marjoram)
  • 1 tbsp rosemary leaves
  • sea salt
Servings: loaf
Instructions
  1. Mix together the flours, salt, yeast and mixed herbs.
  2. Add 3 tbsp of the olive oil and the warm water. Stir together until it's too hard to work with a spoon, then knead with your hands until it's all elastic. The dough will be moist.
  3. Let it rise an hour or more, then punch it down and shape it into a rectangle. Place it on a baking sheet with about a teaspoon of oil rubbed over it. Let it rest about half an hour.
  4. Stretch the dough out to the edges. Let it rest another half hour. Preheat oven to 425F/220C.
  5. Poke some divots into the top of the loaf, then drizzle with the remaining olive oil and sprinkle with sea salt and rosemary. Reduce the oven temperature to 375F/200C and bake for about 30 minutes. Cool on a rack and cut into squares.
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↑1 basil, oregano, marjoram

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Recipes of Arkadia: Camilo Molina’s Nutty Oat Bars

April 23, 2015

Food — growing it, preparing it, eating it — is a central part of life in the Arkadia space colony. Over the next few weeks I’m sharing recipes for some of the food mentioned in the book.

Camilo Molina is someone who wants to make sure no one goes hungry. A homebody and, with his husband Cliff, adoptive parent to a house full of kids, Camilo is one of those people who is always in the kitchen. For him, food is love, snacks are comfort and baking is stress relief. So, when one of his kids goes missing, Camilo’s kitchen starts to look like a commercial bakery.

Here’s one of his favourites.

Recipes of Arkadia: Camilo Molina's Nutty Oat Bars
Print Recipe
Servings Prep Time
16 bars 15 minutes
Cook Time
20 minutes
Servings Prep Time
16 bars 15 minutes
Cook Time
20 minutes
Recipes of Arkadia: Camilo Molina's Nutty Oat Bars
Print Recipe
Servings Prep Time
16 bars 15 minutes
Cook Time
20 minutes
Servings Prep Time
16 bars 15 minutes
Cook Time
20 minutes
Ingredients
  • 1/2 cup butter (melted)
  • 1 egg
  • 1/2 cup honey (or brown sugar)
  • 1/2 cup nut butter (peanut butter)
  • 1 cup whole wheat flour
  • 1/2 cup rolled oats
  • 1 tsp baking soda (reduce to 1/2 tsp if using sugar instead of honey)
  • pinch salt
  • 1 cup mixed nuts, dried fruit (can add chocolate chunks)
Servings: bars
Instructions
  1. Preheat the oven to 350F/200C.
  2. Beat the egg, butter and honey (or sugar) with a fork until it’s fluffy. Earthers can add a drop pr two of vanilla extract here. Then stir in the nut butter.
  3. Once that’s all smooth, add the oats and mix well so the oats are all damp.
  4. Add the flour, baking soda, salt. Stir until it's just mixed, then stir in the fruit and nuts.
  5. Pour it into a pan, smoothing it out with the back of a spoon. Bake for 18 to 22 minutes until the centre is solid and the top is golden. Let it cool a bit to firm up, then slice into bars.
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↑1 melted
↑2 or brown sugar
↑3 peanut butter
↑4 reduce to 1\/2 tsp if using sugar instead of honey
↑5 can add chocolate chunks

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