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Recipe from The Fresh Loaf "error?"

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RichardSC

Recipe from The Fresh Loaf "error?"

In the book The Fresh Loaf, three rises are detailed for the Poolish bread, but the author says that after the second rise cut in half and shape...or am I miss-reading the text.

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idaveindy

ah yes. Good catch.  

Knead. 

rise 1 hour. 

fold. 

rise 1 hour. 

fold. 

rise 1 hour. 

Divide and shape. 

Rise 90 minutes. 

Should have said to divide and shape after the 3rd hour. 

The net is 3 hours of bulk ferment and 90 minutes final proof.