FOOD: what are you having?

[CCsGarden]

Oop and for lunch some breaded Cod fish with homemade tartar! Definitely gonna have to brush my teeth after this

Oh dear! That is now making me want to eat!!

 

[The Coop-D-etat]

Starting some more bread too! Will do some stretch and folds and let it sit on fridge over night, and then preheating the clay roaster first! Hopefully I'll get some height this time

 

[CCsGarden]

Starting some more bread too! Will do some stretch and folds and let it sit on fridge over night, and then preheating the clay roaster first! Hopefully I'll get some height this time

Yum! Will a glass bread pan work as well? Or a cast iron (like I use for my sourdough)?

 

[The Coop-D-etat]

Yum! Will a glass bread pan work as well? Or a cast iron (like I use for my sourdough)?

Yes it should! Both will work great! If you do use anything without a lid, you can try adding a small dish with some water, setting in the oven while you preheat will give a nice steam bake! You also dont need to add any at all if you so choose. I personally haven't tried a glass loaf pan, but would love to see the results!

 

[The Coop-D-etat]

Sourdough! I have a two year old starter! But I will be fully transparent here. I haven't used it once yet Sourdough intimidates me never tried making it before. I've seen so many horror stories about how difficult it is. Can you send me a full proof recipe? Step by step instructions. Cooking is my forté baking is more of a challenge for me. So I would be ever so grateful on how to utilize my starter!

 

[CCsGarden]

Sourdough! I have a two year old starter! But I will be fully transparent here. I haven't used it once yet Sourdough intimidates me never tried making it before. I've seen so many horror stories about how difficult it is. Can you send me a full proof recipe? Step by step instructions. Cooking is my forté baking is more of a challenge for me. So I would be ever so grateful on how to utilize my starter!

Its very similar to the bread you made! It gets easier as you do it too

Let me write up my instructions!

 

[CCsGarden]

Here's where I got my recipe for the sourdough bread, for reference. Now I have changed it so that it's easier for me at least https://natashaskitchen.com/sourdough-bread-recipe/

My friend got starter from her friend and passed some along to me. Mine will be 2 years old in April! Wow, a long time I've been making sourdough, ha

I use Rye and All purpose flour instead of bread flour. A key part of making sourdough is using a scale to measure everything. I use one I got from amazon (wasn't fancy or anything) and it works great.

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Getting started​

•I feed the starter the morning I'll be making the bread (around 4 hours before I make the bread) that gives it time to grow. I discard 100g of starter and add 100g of both water and all purpose. Mix it up (it will be clumpy) and put it in a nice clean jar to rise. Here's a link on feeding the starter. I basically follow her instructions. starter.https://natashaskitchen.com/how-to-feed-sourdough-starter/

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Making the bread
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• After the 4hrs have passed, I start to heat up my water, drag out the rye and all purpose flours, bring out my scale and bowl.
I use a rubber spatula and or a wooden spoon.
• Measure out 400g of all purpose flour, 50g of Rye flour and 6g of salt. I'll give that quick stir then add 345g of water (you may need more or less depending on the humidity in your area) and 100g of sourdough starter.
•Mix all of thee above together until combined and forms a dough (if its clumpy that is fine).

• Next, I dust my hands and the top of the dough with flour. I'll begin the first stretch and fold of the dough. I will stretch and fold for times and come back to it in an hour.
I do add more flour if it starts to get too sticky.
It will "rise" for 4 hours and every hour do 4 stretches and folds.
After the 4 hours, shape the bread ( I make it circular to fit my glass bowl) and coat a towel with flour. I'll place the bread in the towel, upside down, and then place into the glass bowl.
• Put in the refrigerator over night or up to 3 days.

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Baking the Bread​

I preheat the oven to 500F place the pizza stone (

its okay if you don't have one the bottom might cooked faster though)

and cast iron or dutch oven into the oven, while preheating.
Forgot to say, the pizza stone goes on the shelf below the dutch over or cast iron pan.
•After the oven has preheated and the pan has been in there for around 30mins, I'll get my fermented bread out of the refrigerator and place it on the counter.

• Now, using oven mitts, I'll get my dutch oven out of the oven (be careful as it will be extremely hot) and place it on the stove.
•Reduce the oven temp to 450F.
• Take off the lid and place the bread in upside, which is now right side up. Place the dutch oven back in the oven for 45mins to cook the bread. It may take longer depending on the pan and oven.
• Once its done, let it cool for an hour. Enjoy and sever with butter and if you choose, Jam

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I hope this all makes sense! Yes, it will take a little bit of time to get started and on, but believe me, once you have it going it will get easy!
If you have any questions, I'm more then happy to help you!
Also, I'll come back and make sure there are no typos in my directions

 

[CCsGarden]

Here's some step-by-step photos of the baking progress.

 

[CCsGarden]

My starter

Forgot to say, I feed the start once more after making the bread. After I've fed it, I place it back in the refrigerator until I make bread again.

I set it out the night before feeding and making the bread that way it doesn't get shocked.

 

[CCsGarden]

Here's some step-by-step photos of the baking progress.

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Lol! I forgot to put a design on it! I use a bread lame to do that or even just a straight line across the top will do.

I have one more to cook so I'll do it to that one.