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Proofing sourdough burger buns in the fridge

Rodolfo Castilho's picture
Rodolfo Castilho

Proofing sourdough burger buns in the fridge

Hey guys! I’m planning to make sourdough burger buns but wanna proof them in the fridge. It’s a brioche bun so it’s an enriched dough and I’m not familiar with retarding dough in this field. I’m not using dry yeast, just sourdough starter, and a I imagine I can’t proof too much in the fridge like 24h because the gluten has to support the heavy structure but I also think that like 12h is too little because I’m afraid that the oven spring would be too much and the buns would be cracked. With high hydration simple sourdough I typically proof for 16-18. 

Do you think 16-18 hours is a good proofing period for the buns? 

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phaz

In golf, when i can't tell if a putt is gonna go left or right,I split the difference and see what happens. So go for it and see what happens. Enjoy!

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Rodolfo Castilho

Haha makes sense! Thank you 🙏🏻