Fosterton Farm Bakery Bread

Taste

Fosterton Farm's bio-dynamic and organic breads only sells at selected stores and markets around Northern NSW, so we felt it was our duty to try it out. There wasn't much bread available, but they were doing a roaring trade. We picked up a Linseed sourdough ($4.80), corn sourdough ($4.80) and farmhouse sourdough ($4.80). They actually taste the same, the only difference being the texture. The linseed is crunchy, the farmhouse traditional, the cornbread was my favourite in terms of texture, being a coarser grain. Certainly not as good as the usual stuff I'm used to, but better than the supermarket variety. A nice sourdough aroma and nice crust. They actually got better and better with age.

Also on offer were some sweet and savory offerings. We picked up the pumpkin, feta and rice parcel ($3) - which I am sure is very good for you. For something very hippy-like, it tasted alright. It's a little bland and the pastry not that great, but it's not altogether bad.

Rating - 7.5

Look

The breads were beautifully presented and the colour was fabulous. The same for their small offerings too. It's a small family run business who do all the baking, packaging and selling, so I was all in for that.

Rating - 2.5

C-factor

It's not outrageous but not cheap either. For Newcastle, the price is great as there is no one else selling these, but in Sydney you get so much more choice.

Rating - 1

Swiss Points - 11

Ingredients

corn

Freshly milled organic maize meal and biodynamic wholewheat flour, rainwater, celtic sea salt and natural yeast ferment.

Available At

792 Fosterton Road
Dungog
NSW 2420
Phone (02) 4992 3408