Bread - What are you baking today…..

[jordanscollected]

Caraway n' Garlic Sourdough rolls with an egg brush for sheen.

[Giles]

Wow, they look great.  When do you add the caraway and garlic?

And without being rude, I love the rustic look of those, I think it's a mark of a professional cook that you can do this.  I'd spend an inordinate amount of time trying to ensure perfect visual consistency….

[jordanscollected]

I add the Caraway seed and granulated garlic when I first mix the starter, water and flour. Alternately, you can sprinkle the caraway seeds on top after you egg brush, but I shrug my shoulders and do whatever I want.

Regarding the visual, i simply dump my dough in a round and hack off pieces that seem fairly uniform with my bench knife, and set them in a loose clump so they are easily pulled apart after baking. It's like a classic Parker house roll as seen below(not sure if they are popular in the UK).

My wife is responsible for the focus on the rustic look, and it's really evident in her chocolate chip cookies. she portions them, rolls them in a ball, and then breaks it in half inverts it so it look free form. People always comment on how "homemade" they look.

[Giles]

So, a week or so ago, I bragged to Paula that I could knock out consistently consistent Poolish.  How wrong I was.  I made this today, very little oven spring and a very soft crust (my Poolish are usually very crispy).  But at least the crumb is pretty consistent…..

I'm not sure what I learned (other than I am even more of an arsehole than most people think I am), but you do never stop learning.....

[Chris]

It looks good, though…

[neph93]

Temperature change? I bet its warming up in Gosville…

[Giles]

50% Poolish, German yeast, 20% 8-grain, 80% white…...

[zhivago]

Mostly white flour, a bit of spelt flour. Touch of melted butter up in the mix today. Rolled and shaped by a very talented 5 year old bread maker…

[neph93]

@zhivago:

Mostly white flour, a bit of spelt flour. Touch of melted butter up in the mix today. Rolled and shaped by a very talented 5 year old bread maker…

Lovely looking bread! I’m so looking forward to having a kitchen again…

[Graeme]

The Guardian has an article on Shokupan, the Japanese white bread that has become fashionable in Australia.

https://www.theguardian.com/food/2021/jun/06/shokupan-is-the-anti-sourdough-the-rise-of-japanese-milk-bread

I found an article that has a recipe, if anyone wants to try baking it.

https://www.goodfood.com.au/recipes/news/shokupan-awe-how-to-make-japanese-milk-bread-and-its-cult-sandos-20200910-h1qmvv

[neph93]

@Graeme:

The Guardian has an article on Shokupan, the Japanese white bread that has become fashionable in Australia.

Enjoyed the write up, thank you. @Giles was making this stuff mid-pandemic. It looks ace.

[Giles]

https://www.ironheart.co.uk/forum/index.php?topic=14110.msg669698#msg669698

[Graeme]

Glad you enjoyed it @neph93. There's another recipe here if you want to try it when you next have a kitchen.

https://www.chopstickchronicles.com/shokupan-japanese-fluffy-white-bread/

[Giles]

[neph93]

I reckon I’ll be refreshing my starter on Monday morning in my new kitchen. Goddamn I’m looking forward to that.

[Giles]

Poolish with white and light rye…

[neph93]

First bake for 3 months! Harvest bread on a poolish pre ferment, in my new kitchen with a new dutch oven…. Did I forget to use the built in steam function in my new swanky integrated ovens. Yes I did.

[Giles]

I get better results in a Dutchy, than I do in the steam oven…..

[neph93]

@Giles:

I get better results in a Dutchy, than I do in the steam oven…..

I was scratching my head trying to remember if you need steam with a dutch oven, and I guess you’ve just answered that for me.

I was pretty happy with the bake. They were slightly overproofed because I couldn’t find my oven gloves and had to run out and buy some [emoji1]

[Giles]

Hahahaha

The Dutch oven replicates the steam from a steam oven because it contains the steam from the dough within the vessel….