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Hamelman's Olive Levain - almost a disaster

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abracapocus

Hamelman's Olive Levain - almost a disaster

I tried really hard to screw up this olive levain from Hamelman's Bread. It was enjoying its bulk fermentation in a bowl on top of my stove when I started preheating my oven for some other loaves. Of course, it was sitting on the burner above the vent from the oven. D'oh! By the time I noticed, there was a crusty bit at the bottom of the dough. I cut that off, moved it off the burner and hoped I wouldn't end up with bricks. It had its folds, got shaped and I let retard in the fridge for about 24 hours. It flattened out a bit in the fridge so when I took it out to bake, I reshaped it a little then just tossed it in the oven. Happily, I hadn't killed all the yeast and it did rise in the oven. And it tasted amazing. Oh, and this is the first time I used the Italian culture I got from Northwest Sourdough. Looking forward to making this one again. More pictures of my weekend baking activities.

olive levain 

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Mini Oven

I think I go screw up a loaf too. I got olives stuffed with sardines.  What do ya think?

Mini O

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josordoni

What do ya think? 

 

tell you what I think?  You must have very wierd taste...:)

 

Lynne