Bread - What are you baking today…..

[neph93]

That is a beast of a dutch oven. I’ve settled on two 4.5 liter ovens for my bread. One is a Sabor, which seems to be a mid-range oven and the other is a cheap simple one from Fiskars.

My 6l Sabor had been used for bread and works great but I’ve discovered how wonderful it is for dahls, casseroles , curries, etc, etc and I’m sticking with that. Looking forward to doing chicken in it soon.

As for the dough… my starter seems to like the new environment of my kitchen very well.

[neph93]

Monday’s bake from that active ferment:

[mclaincausey]

Y'all are some skilled bakers. Always such beautiful breads on here.

[Giles]

Poolish…..

[neph93]

@Giles:

Poolish…..

Love the rustic look you get. I need to buy an oval Dutch oven at some point. Boules are lovely but I do appreciate a crusty baton (ahem…).

I have two levain doughs in bulk ferment. I should be onto the shaping but temps outside regularly drop below zero these days and there are still some drafts in the new house. It’s retarded the process…

[neph93]

Today’s bake…

[goosehd]

Very nice Reuben, and bet it would go great with Giles Chili.  Couple of beers and call it an evening, or until someone gets a $300 fine for peeing in the garden.

[neph93]

I tend to eat my bread with a lot of rich cheese and red currant jelly that my friend Iris makes.
A bit of beer and Chili a la Padmore sounds excellent.

[Giles]

Same, same - 27% Poolish…..90% white, 10% eight-grain....

[neph93]

Ha! Me too. Double fed white levain just out of the oven.

[Giles]

Yours win

[neph93]

@Giles:

Yours win

Not at all.. I love what your egg thing produces. I want one.

Edit:
Btw, have you seen these?

Cast iron bread pan!

[Giles]

I've seen similar.  My Big Green Egg thingy is expensive, but you can also use it as a casserole….

Bread mode:

Casserole mode:

[Seul]

Great breads - great kit 

[Chap]

Baking Pizza today, giving a new pizza flour a try, it’s 100% Durum Wheat… pretty yellowish

[Chap]

[Giles]

Less rise than "ordinary" "00"?

[Chap]

Yes… not that happy. Taste been dull too. Next time 00 again.

[Giles]

Have to experiment though - well done….

[mclaincausey]

@Chap first picture reminds me of a pretty hilarious post from the KitchenConfidential subreddit:
https://www.reddit.com/r/KitchenConfidential/comments/rbf2mz/this_bread_about_to_make_me_act_a_fool/