October 31, 2019 - 2:02am
In search of perfection
Hi SD bakers! I have more or less the bake and taste sorted in my bake, with a happy starter chugging along side :) BUT, no matter what I try I can't get the lovely floury look on the baked loaf :( I have tried:
- Using rice flour in the basket
- Using a little of the bread flour
- Using a lot of the bread flour
- Using and mixture of both
- Using a muslin to first line the basket
- Cleaning used flour out of the basket, not cleaning...
The flour all but a few crumbs stays steadfastly in the grooves of the proofing basket :((
With out the flour on the dough at turn out my artistic scoring is somewhat wasted..
What do you do with your basket?
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There is already so much flour in the creases, it forms a smooth surface. Just scrape the flour out and you should get your patterns again.
Try lining the basket with a linen cloth. I wouldn't use cotton as it tends to stick as well.
Then dust that linen with the rice flour, or a combination of rice flour/ whole meal. You can try cornmeal as well.
My .02.
Bread Lee
I think i misread your question earlier. First, get that bowl cleaned out and dry. Then dust it with rice flour or whatever mix you want. Rice flour and/or cornmeal works best for me.
If you just want the floury look, lightly dust the loaf with rice flour AFTER turning it out of the bowl. Then score it last.
And if there's unwanted flour on that loaf after it comes out of the bowl, i lightly brush it off with a dry pastry brush. This may take some trial and error.