My Sourdough Bread...
Hi there people,
Here is a picture of my sourdough bread... made from a 100% hydration starter and some T80 flour... suggestions/feedback are welcome.
Thanks,
gingi
Baking photos and discussions of food photography
Hi there people,
Here is a picture of my sourdough bread... made from a 100% hydration starter and some T80 flour... suggestions/feedback are welcome.
Thanks,
gingi
Grew up eating this stuff. Custard buns. My cousin who now lives in Hong Kong sent me a recipe and I was able to make some... tears.
It was breadtopia's formula, very easy. This is the first time I've slashed a loaf, I used a single-edge razor, handheld, fortunately it was sharp. It appears to me I need to slash deeper.
I have been baking my breads seam side up most of the time, to hide my slashing disasters. But if I don't practice, how I am I going to improve? In that spirit I have decided to test my slashing prowess at least once a week.
I decided to go with Hamelman's semolina bread as the hydration is low (62%) and I thought scoring would be easier. I used finely ground semolina (I have no idea how it compares with Durum flour). I followed his recipe as is except I added RYW in place of water while making the flying "sponge".
The result :
Photos from todays bake.
Wholemeal miche,
We ate this with a rare steak and fondant potato...
Some macro shots of the crust.
Hi Everyone,
I'm Nik. This is my first attempt at ciabatta al funghi using the poolish version of Peter Rienhart's recipe from The Bread Baker's Apprentice. I have included a few pictures of the process. I welcome any suggestions for improvement.
It held together pretty well while proofing here.

Transitioning from couche to oven the dough spread out a bit. The crust was thin and broke easily when I touched it.
Sometimes even ugly bread deserves some beautiful light.
Had a case of blowouts due to insufficient final proofing, but seeing the demi baguette finally bloomed like it should: priceless. Ah, the joys of being a newbie...
My 10-yr-old made this... not bad, eh? Hokkaido Milk Bread TangZhong with Raisins.