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    Bread - What are you baking today…..

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    • GilesG
      Giles
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      But, whilst I wait for the Shokupan Poolish to get bubbly, I stayed safe.

      80% Biga with 20% Spelt…..

      "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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      • JDelageJ
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        All we've ever made in my house is the NYT no-knead recipe (not bad), and I have to say I am super impressed with your work and your results. N 😛 😛 😛

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        • GilesG
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          😞 😞

          "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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          • neph93N
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            @Giles:

            😞 😞
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            I take it the Japanese Milky stuff hasn't done what it should? Biga looks beautiful.

            «Stevie Heighway on the wing!
            We had dreams, and songs to sing…»

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            • GilesG
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              Nope that was supposed to be an embarrassed emoji, in response to JDelages comment.

              The Japanese Poolish is now ready to move forward with…

              "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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              • GilesG
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                Shokupan Poolish

                Not lying, I am finding this the most challenging bread I have tried to bake…..The hydration is massive, so it is ultra-sticky and so so difficult to handle...

                I've managed to get it into the tin in a sort of 3-splodge splodge.....

                "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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                • neph93N
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                  Exciting stuff. Looking forward to seeing the result.

                  Did a Country Brown today:


                  Warm spot white:




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                  We had dreams, and songs to sing…»

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                  • GilesG
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                    Looks lovely…..Congrats.

                    So, just before it goes into the oven...

                    And when it came out…

                    I did not get anywhere near enough oven-spring as I should have. I'm reserving judgement until I slice it.....

                    "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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                    • GilesG
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                      Just about what I was wanting to achieve….

                      "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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                      • Matty123M
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                        great looking pizza @Chap ! well done

                        Maybe so. Maybe not

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                        • neph93N
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                          @Giles:

                          Just about what I was wanting to achieve….

                          Looks good, although I don’t know whatvitnos supposed to look like. How do the Japanese eat it? I suspect it will be great with butter and jam.

                          «Stevie Heighway on the wing!
                          We had dreams, and songs to sing…»

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                          • K
                            kkibbey23
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                            Looks like everyone has some good weekend bread going!

                            I'm back on the sourdough train for the time being anyway.

                            Apparently I must need to score deeper, my ears are super short. I've been using a razor


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                            • GilesG
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                              @neph93:

                              @Giles:

                              Just about what I was wanting to achieve….

                              Looks good, although I don’t know whatvitnos supposed to look like. How do the Japanese eat it? I suspect it will be great with butter and jam.

                              It can be made with quite a lot of sugar, for sweet stuff, or little or none for savoury stuff….

                              And this is what a good one looks like, so I have a way to go  🙂 🙂

                              I did not knead the dough as per the recipe, but did a Forkish Pinch and fold - next time I'll knead.  Also one of these would have helped:

                              So, I have one inbound….

                              "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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                              • GilesG
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                                And, it's very nice with Gorgonzola…..

                                "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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                                • neph93N
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                                  Similar to the sweet dough I use for Norwegian "bolle" and cinamon swirls. That replaces water with milk. I've only made that using regular kneading and large amounts of yeast. I think that less yeast and less vigorous dough manipulation will require lots of time for fermentation.

                                  @kkibbey23 lovely crumb on that bread. I prefer not scoring the bread at all and baking seam side up so you get rugged, more organic splits. These give a great ear. Also, have you considered baking dark rather than that blonde colour? I find it increases the flavour of the crust massively which creates a great contrast with the white flour sourdough.

                                  «Stevie Heighway on the wing!
                                  We had dreams, and songs to sing…»

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                                  • K
                                    kkibbey23
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                                    @neph93  thanks I'll have to try not scoring at all and see how that goes!

                                    Believe it or not, I actually pushed this for me a bit… you should have seen some of my other bakes[emoji38]… I agree I definitely need to push it a little more and go for darker color.

                                    I'll give it a try next weekend

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                                    • GilesG
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                                      OK, I'm heading down another rabbit-hole. Yep, Japanese milk breads…..

                                      Today, I'm experimenting with hokkaido (with a tangzhong), dinner rolls.....

                                      "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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                                      • GilesG
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                                        Baby steps…..

                                        "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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                                        • GilesG
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                                          I'll take that…...

                                          "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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                                          • goosehdG
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                                            @Giles Nice buns!  😎

                                            "I don't give a shit what anyone else is doing, we will do what is best for us and our customers" - Giles P. :)

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