Any Home Bakers Here?

[Sequel]

I started my sourdough bread yesterday and it's coming along fine! I hydrolysed the flour and fed the starter first thing. After about three hours I added the starter and salt to the flour and mixed it thoroughly. I did the stretch and fold technique every half hour four times. But it got late in the day, so now .... I put it in the fridge overnight to do a very slow rise. This morning it is getting shaped into two loaves, placed onto my cloth-lined, floured ersatz* "bannetons"* for a final rise, turned out onto parchment paper, slashed, placed into preheated dutch ovens or cast iron skillet** and ultimately baked in a very hot oven. Can't wait to see how it turns out!

*Don't have real bannetons yet (but Christmas is coming! ), so a couple of retired colanders are going to stand in for bannetons for me tomorrow.

(Am I spelling bannetons right? My spell checker doesn't like it at all!)

We’re all waiting for your results! It should be amazing!

 

[bruceha2000]

Sorry, you need to add 3 eggs. Aria

You can go back to your original post, edit and add those 3 eggs

 

[Aria]

You can go back to your original post, edit and add those 3 eggs

THANKS

 

[Ladies-Eight]

Good afternoon bakers

Guess who couldn't find their way back in here again yesterday and I so wanted to share my cooking news.

A wonderful local farmer gave me a hock. I've never cooked or eaten this before. It wasn't salted in any way and it is absolutely delicious.

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That is good food.

 

[Ladies-Eight]

Bakers good morning one and all!

The temperature is 69 and hazey.

Have a great day!

 

[BigBlueHen53]

Making Pizza tonight.. The Son and I have become quite skilled at it.

Wonderful! I am still struggling. What recipe do you use for your pizza dough?

 

[Marie2020]

Marie, the BYC bakery hasn't moved, just follow your nose!

That bull chick left me on the bus stop again and you know how bad the busses are for turning up

 

[Marie2020]

Bakers good morning one and all!

The temperature is 69 and hazey.

Have a great day!

Hello

 

[bruceha2000]

That bull chick left me on the bus stop again and you know how bad the busses are for turning up

Dang her!!!!!

Busses not reliable in England? Try France or Spain, they seem to run their mass transit really well. Oh, wait, they won't let you non EU people in.

 

[Marie2020]

It might give the bread an odd taste.

Yeast will raise the bread well. You can use crumb enhancers-- potato starch, non diastolic malt powder, powdered milk and butter or flour. adding an egg or two will help with crumb and making bread lighter too.

What recipe are you using and I will give you some options.

I haven't looked for a recipe I was just trying to go it alone. I think I need baking soda rather than bicarbonate. So will try what's written here when I get to it.

It's hard getting back from my town so I'm afraid I bought bread from the bakery in the store.