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Submitted by SteveB on July 1, 2008 - 1:22pm. More on BaguettesWith all the recent discussion on making baguettes, I thought some of you might be interested in a recent posting about baguettes on my brand-spankin'-new bread blog: - SteveB Submitted by MommaT on June 30, 2008 - 7:01pm. Magimix 5150 (5200 in Europe)Hi, I am considering buying a Magimix 5150 food processor for a multitude of other purposes. However, I see on the website that they claim it has a capacity of 1.3 kg bread dough. I generally like to knead by hand -- this kind of therapy is one of the reasons I bake bread -- but thought it might be useful to use the Magimix for mixing wetter dough or for starting the mixing/kneading process (then finishing off by hand). Anyone have experience using the Magimix for this purpose? Is this realistic? Or am I deluding myself? ;-) Thanks, MommaT Submitted by J. Sartorius on June 22, 2008 - 10:08am. In need of a kneading board!Hello, I'm new here (I registered just to post this question!) and I'm I've been trying to price large wooden cutting boards but I'm not sure Considering that I'm also fairly new to bread making, a key concern for I'd greatly appreciate any advice you can give me, thank you. Submitted by ClimbHi on June 6, 2008 - 10:27am. Kneading by HandWell, now that I've committed myself to artisan bread, I need to move up from making only two loaves at a time. I have a wood-fired oven that I only fire once a week, so I'd like to increase the load to make better use of the heat/oven space. My thought is to try to make a dough using 5# of flour + starter. That should make about 6 or 7 loaves, I guess. My problem is that my KA can hardly handle the 1-1/2# batches I'm presently making. Other than drop another $500 on a new mixing appliance, my only option is to go manual. Which I've never really done before, except to finish up what the mixer already mostly accomplished. So, how do I do this? I took a look recently at the Julia Child video site -- the video about making baguettes -- where the chef (can't remember her name) says you throw and turn the dough 800(!!) times. At 5+ pounds, that's a lot of throwing! (Kinda like tossing 2 tons of 5# rocks.) Besides, my wife would probably kill me after all that banging of dough on the counter. And I can't say I'd blame her. Anyone out there hand knead this size dough? What's the technique? How long should I expect the process to take? If it makes a difference, I'm working with naturally leavened dough. ClimbHi Submitted by lungalux on May 9, 2008 - 3:53pm. kneadingi noticed a pretty significant change when i kneaded a baguette dough prior to the first fermentation. all of a sudden it became pretty hard to knead, almost tough. is that something i should "knead through" in the hopes it will break down and get malleable again or did i knead too much?
Submitted by mcs on March 12, 2008 - 10:52am. Kneading and Folding video- EspañolHey everybody. This is the same kneading and folding video as before, but with Spanish subtitles for the commentary, thanks to fellow FreshLoafian, Joe Martello. I have an Italian and German version in the works, and am looking for someone to transcribe it in French. If you're interested, I can send you the English version in Word, then you can put the matching French sentences underneath the English. Thanks. -Mark
Submitted by CountryBoy on February 29, 2008 - 10:24am. Survey on KneadingIt is possible the Fresh Loaf Book could benefit from a survey of kneading techniques. This survey was prompted by my baking of a whole wheat recipe from P. Reinhart’s BBA where the dough broke down using the technique he suggested. While the possible kneading styles are infinite, below are 7 different choices to vote for in how it is that you knead bread. By voting we can tell if there is a consensus as to how people knead their dough. Submitted by mcs on February 28, 2008 - 8:20pm. rolls - videoHello again bakers, -Mark Norm, there's a Dutchess in there just to make you homesick for the bakery.
Submitted by mcs on February 15, 2008 - 9:53pm. ciabatta - videoSame Ciabatta video, different music. Let's just say all musicians aren't crazy about having their music in baking videos. OOps. Submitted by mcs on February 4, 2008 - 8:39pm. kneading and folding re edit - videoHey there everyone, This is the *new and improved* version of the kneading and folding video I posted a couple of days ago. As per some of your suggestions, I addressed the volume levels, intro commentary and video angles. I like it a lot better, and I hope you do to. In addition, I used Hamelman's multigrain dough this time, instead of whole wheat. (Floyd, could you put this video on the first thread also instead of the first video? I removed the first one already from YouTube- thanks in advance). Next video will be on shaping. -Mark |
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