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Input for my sourdough!

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trmmddkk

Input for my sourdough!

 

I live in a city where there's rarely any sourdough so the only reference i know are picture online. So i've been making sourdough for a while, but had been having problems of gummy dough with lack of oven spring. after some troubleshooting, i manage to make this loaf. Please offer me some ways to improve this bread. Does it look gummy? (i personally had only few sourdough in my life when i was travelling oversea so i really forget how the texture should be like), how can i make a more open crumb? do you think its browning enough? im just really anxious about this loaf!

 

My recipe is below:

-20% starter (1:1:1) refreshed on 30C weather for 5 hours (nearly tripled in volume)

-100% white flour, 70% hydration autolyzed for 5 hours

-mix in starter and 2% salt

-4 stretch and folds in span of 45mins each

-1,5hr resting

-preshape

-20 mins rest

-final shaping, 12 hrs in 4C fridge

-bake on 240c electric oven on hot pizza stone and hot towel on lower rack setting

-after 20 mins reducing to 200 and bake for 25 mins

 

thanks in advance, guys! 

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BakersRoom

That looks perfectly brown for 70%. Youll get a more open crumb with more hydration.  Alternately, you an back off the bulk for a more artisan crumb, which is maybe what youre going for.