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Rustic sourdough

Kingudaroad's picture
Kingudaroad

Rustic sourdough

   I have recently become a big fan of the high hydration doughs with an overnight cold fermentation. The morning I took this dough out of the fridge, I cut it with my bench knife and flipped the smooth side down on my well floured couche. The knife left a scar on the edges of the bread which left an opening for the bread to bloom without the need for scoring. This may have been my best crust yet. It carmelized very dark and crackly and the taste was fabulous.

 

 

I baked four loaves, two at a time, and the only one I cut was the worst one. The two that got baked second had a much bigger bloom, and probably a bit more of an open crumb. Those were given away. I think I needed to either let the dough warm up before shaping. or just proofed a while longer than the one shown below. I did have fun with these and look forward to more experimentation.

 

Keith

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wassisname's picture
wassisname

That looks so tasty!  I love the cut/score idea.  Perfectly suited to a rustic bread.  I may have to borrow that one! 

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Kingudaroad

Thank you so much!

If the bread could have talked, it would have thanked me for not ruining it with a bad scoring job. 

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benjamin

great job Keith... nice innovation with the cutting/scoring idea. It does really add to the rustic look of the sourdough.

enjoy

ben

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Mini Oven

I'd be honored to have your bread in my bread basket!  Lovely!

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Kingudaroad

Thank you Ben and Mini.

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Neo-Homesteading

Looks so delicious! The crumb looks absolutely perfect.