Bread - What are you baking today…..

[Giles]

Thank you. I needed to speed up the bulk fermentation today. At the normal ambient temperature of our kitchen, that is normally about 7-8 hours. I only had 4 to play with, as we are out tonight. I remembered that the cupboard under the sink is always a few degrees warmer than the kitchen, space was made in there and I reduced the time to just under 4 hours....

Flour, Water, Salt, Yeast, Temperature and Time........:-)

[Giles]

Pretty pleased with these. I Googled "piss east Pitta recipe"

[Giles]

Thought I would try my hand at a soft white today. It's not very white, and not very soft, but it is a loaf.....

[jfk1117]

Herbs de Provence crackers made with the discard from the starter for the bread. Just got my challenger bread pan this week. Excited to see how it changes my go to recipe.

[Giles]

Those crackers look great....

[jfk1117]

https://www.loveandoliveoil.com/2019/03/sourdough-crackers-with-olive-oil-herbs.html

What I followed for them. Things learned. Rolling as thin as possible allows for them to be more crisp. Too thick and the center can be a little soft. Make sure to add the salt before you put in the oven. Made that silly mistake and it wouldn’t stick after. Big duh moment.

[goosehd]

[jfk1117]

Looking solid goose.

[goosehd]

That’s cool and I haven’t seen loaves cut like that. I’ve played around with scissors and random knife cuts, but still like it when they burst open.

Still working on getting the surface tension right for that to happen consistently.

[jfk1117]

I’d buy a cheap bread lame, they all do the same. Prolly can get one for $10 or so. It’s really a razor blade but it cuts way easier and more evenly. For the burst, that’s more dependent on what you are using to cook it in. More steam will lead it to open up. If you are using something with a lid, I’d try putting the pot in the oven at 500 for a hour. Then put the dough on, score it, toss 2 normal size ice cubes in and put the lid on immediately. Oven down to 425 for 20 minutes and then remove lid to brown the top.

[Brian]

Loaf and burger buns today

[goosehd]

@Giles @neph93 Good morning gentlemen. Time to get to work…

[Giles]

That looks GOOOOOOOOD....

[goosehd]

Currently singing…

[goosehd]

[Giles]

FAAAAAAAARK

Looks amazing.

And we love a good song...

[jordanscollected]

That really does look amazing @goosehd. One of my favorite way to homemade loaves is to make deviled eggs, and make you whipped filling really airy and mayo heavy so there's plenty extra, and then spread the leftover filling on homemade toast. It's one of the joys of life for my wife and I.

egg salad works too, but something about the yolk spread...

[goosehd]

@jordanscollected Thanks Jeff! I do like devilled eggs and egg salad.

Tonight we had the fresh loaf of bread (half of it), with spaghetti bolognese…

…and now you’ve given me an idea for the leftover loaf.

[ROman]

@goosehd Looks amazingly great..

[goosehd]

@ROman I had a good teacher…