Bread - What are you baking today…..

[neph93]

It is settling back after the folds. It becomes stiff when folding. If just done the last fold and it feels good. Elastic, pliable wet. It smells good too, so it is alive.

The overnight proofing is done in a cool place according to the recipe. Outside or in the fridge. I’m in two minds right now. I have to form it… I have two Pyrex bowls, or old school bread tins. Decisions, decisions...

[Giles]

I proof many of mine for 12-14 hours, the slower the proof, the more complex the taste….

[neph93]

I’m going for a bread tin and a pyrex bowl for proofing and I will leave them over night in a cool room of the house…

[neph93]

@Giles when you proof yours for 12-14 hours, where do put it?

[Giles]

The fridge…..

[neph93]

Thank you sir, I will do the same…

[neph93]

Thanks everyone, for putting up with me being a whiny bread bitch today. The good news is that the dough has risen (albeit very slowly) throughout the evening, and is now proofing in the fridge. 0800 tomorrow I’ll bake.

[Giles]

My Levain is out of the fridge where I stored it for the last week or so, now trying to revive it for a 100% Levain sourdough bread, that will proof overnight and bake tomorrow…..

[neph93]

My dough after proofing. It has risen in the bowl by about two inches over night. Lots of bubbles. The only problem is that despite a liberal coat of flour to prevent sticking it wouldn’t release from the pyrex. So it had to go in the oven like this [emoji23]

[Giles]

Damn….

Next time, line the dish with a tea towel (or similar) liberally coated with flour, then you can invert onto baking parchment and take the cloth off.....

Or

If Amazon in Norway are still delivering, buy a couple of these:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/s?k=proofing+basket&ref=nb_sb_noss_1

[neph93]

Managed to prise it out. A little the worse for wear on the underside… but for a first time, noobie effort I am not unhappy so far. Best practice and all the finesse will come.

[Giles]

Well done, down the rabbit hole…....

Looking forward to seeing the crumb....

[Chap]

Hey… the look great my hipster baker friend 

[neph93]

Pretty happy with the result… it tastes fantastic even if I do say so myself.

[Giles]

Well done.

[Matty123]

Good job Reuben. Next tiime maybe rub the glass with a neutral oil. . Looks really good man

[neph93]

@Matty123:

:'(Good job Reuben. Next tiime maybe rub the glass with a neutral oil. . Looks really good man

No sad face necessary. It wasn’t pretty but it was a success in as far as the starter worked, the fermenting worked and I have a tasty (albeit ugly) loaf.

Amazon to Norway is a joke. Shipping and takes are hideous and most things take two weeks, but I will track something down. I’ll do a new round tomorrow and test neutral oil (rapeseed?), and the wet towel method. Thanks guys.

[Matty123]

I don’t know how that sad face got in there. Probably my sausage fingers

[neph93]

@Matty123:

I don’t know how that sad face got in there. Probably my sausage fingers

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[neph93]

Can get a couple of those banneton baskets cheaply from a Norwegian supplier but they don’t have the cloth liner. Is it vital for the proofing or mostly for serving/presenting?