Got two of the same snaps. The second was supposed to be this one with the flash - what was pleasing with this bake was the amount of Browning along the ears which doesn't always come out in the photos but after a bit of a change up on oven configuration - starting to see much better development of ears. In this bake the middle loaf was preshape a bit tighter than the other two and that really shows in the final shape. Crumb as usual did pretty much what was hoped and is very much like eating a French crueller dougnut. This was a 12 hour bulk which is not as long as I like and its quite obvious in the final flavor as 18-24 brings out incredible additional dimensions. Still, pretty pleased with the overall results :)
Got two of the same snaps. The second was supposed to be this one with the flash - what was pleasing with this bake was the amount of Browning along the ears which doesn't always come out in the photos but after a bit of a change up on oven configuration - starting to see much better development of ears. In this bake the middle loaf was preshape a bit tighter than the other two and that really shows in the final shape. Crumb as usual did pretty much what was hoped and is very much like eating a French crueller dougnut. This was a 12 hour bulk which is not as long as I like and its quite obvious in the final flavor as 18-24 brings out incredible additional dimensions. Still, pretty pleased with the overall results :)
Nice job. Great looking crumb and shaping.
500 or so to get to this point. I think all the magic happens in the last 99% of perfecting these loaves but getting close !
Don Baghwan is looking over his shoulder for sure:-) You are sneaking up on him for sure. Just great inside and Well done and happy baking
He's Kaiser sose from the usual suspects !
crumb - and they are ALL darned pretty loaves!
From these, I'd say that you will be in need of a new quest soon...