Bread - What are you baking today…..
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Forkish Country Blonde pure levain on a Sunday morning.
Still working out proofing time for this… I definitely don’t need the four hours he suggests, but I can probably stretch it longer than the one hour they get. The second (split) loaf had a little over two hours in the fridge. I’m looking forward to comparing the crumb to see if their is a major difference there.
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I am off to Cornwall for a few days fishing. The day I get back, we have a few people coming to stay, all perfectly social distancing compliant (more on that later
:-X), so I though I better get some bread baked as I won't have time to do it when I get home….
I also made about 5 kilos of pimped bolognaise, but that's in the freezer…....
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Excellent work… all looking beautifully rustic too.
I’m under pressure to bake 6-8 loaves a week at the moment. The three increasingly large and hairy ones demand home baked bread as standard and have also learnt to distinguish pure levain bread from pre-ferments. They have a preference for sourdough but poolish is good for lunch box sandwiches. I’ve created some entitled monsters.
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Can you blame them for wanting this ?
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I am off to Cornwall for a few days fishing. The day I get back, we have a few people coming to stay, all perfectly social distancing compliant (more on that later
:-X), so I though I better get some bread baked as I won't have time to do it when I get home….You are killing it at this point G
always looking good...always looking tasty -
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For this mornings bake, I kept the remains of my starter from Friday and double fed it with finely ground white flour. In between feedings it has sat in the small cupboard space above my fridge which has an air temp of about 29C. This is more or less the Forkish “warm spot white levain” recipe, with a few modifications.
It is a long process (in practice it lasts three days), with lots of steps. It is fun though and produces some dough that was great to work with. Waking up this morning to the finished bulk ferment was a joy.
The end result is the best bread I’ve ever baked. I really wish you could all try this….
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I also made about 5 kilos of pimped bolognaise, but that's in the freezer…....
One of my favorites…....
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So, I started an overnight bread last night. After the bulk ferment at 21:00, I should have shaped into loaves and place in the fridge to prove overnight. I forgot (red wine may have been involved. So the bulk ferment lasted 15 hours at room temp. I shaped into loaves and proved for 30 mins and bunged in the oven. The result was surprisingly good….
