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    • GilesG
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      Today/tomorrow, I will be trying a Shokupan (Japanese Milk Bread) with Poolish for the first time…..

      "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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        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:

              😞 😞
              [/quote]

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

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              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
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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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