Pre-shaping - tight or loose?
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Hi all,
When pre-shaping dough prior to final shaping, should the round shapes be fairly tight or loose for the 10-20 minute rest period?
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Sourdough Problems- New oven
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Hi everyone, I have been recently baking sourdough and have had a lot of success. My favourite recipe so far has been Susan's 'Norwich Sourdough' - link http://www.wildyeastblog.com/2007/07/08/my-new-favorite-sourdough/ . I had been turning out loaves like this
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Questions on my first SD boule
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Seeing how this was my first sourdough boule I couldn't be more proud. The taste was fantasic with a mellow sourness and a creamy crumb. My question lies in why it bloomed the way it did. I will explain how I proofed it and hopefully someone can give me some insight on why I had such monstrous bloom right in the middle.
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help with bread
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Hello everyone
I am rather disappioted. I baked five laoves of bread today and the laoves all split. I used the same formula that i use everytime.same shaping technique and cannot undesrtand what happened. Would anyone like to suggest anty help and also possible solutions.
The formula I used was 500g 50/50 whole meal and white flour
starter 130 gr
water 300g
salt 8g.
mixing time was 4 hours proving at room temperature
and after scaling and shaping 4 hours at room temperature
here is some pictures i took to show
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Lean, airy, whole grain breads
Oven spring from under the loaf iso the top
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Among the many issues I'm struggling with to perfect my sourdough batarde is this...
I'm getting good oven spring, but the loaves always expand mostly through the seam on the underside of the batarde rather than the slashes I've made in the top. I'm guessing that I'm doing something wrong in the shaping. I'm pinching the seam closed tightly, but just can't get the perfect grigne.
Does anyone have any suggestions?
thanks in advance
Les
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Alternatives to a laminated wood shaping surface
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I have Corian counters and had difficulty shaping baguettes due to working on a surface that was too smooth. I imagine that others who have granite or Formica have similar issues. I can put a slab of laminated maple on top which works just fine but makes the working surface higher than I want it. I can also apply a thin slurry of flour/water to the counter and let it dry, which is about the same as wood from the perspective of surface friction but it does take a little time to get it ready and also time to clean-up when I am done.
I am looking for other alternatives.
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Videos Fixed on 'Les formes de pains'.
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There were a couple of shaping videos on Les Formes de Pain that did not play correctly.
D. Guedes, who created and posted them, was able to fix the ones that weren't working.
If you've already watched them all, these two did not play.
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More on shaping open seams - help please?
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I've been trying dmsnyder's Pugliese a few times - it really is a lovely loaf!
My challenge is that I can't get the shaping right for the seams to open. My first one sealed the seams completely - probably too long proofing with the seams underneath in the banneton? My second one was a bit better, but a bit like a volcano - pointed top with a bit of an explosion! No photos of either, they didn't look "right" - but they tasted wonderful :-)
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