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The bread of life

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The bread of life

I swear I just had a religious experience! My biga  has the glow of life! 

 

 Alternatively, it could be the lighting. Smile...

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alfanso

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Funny!

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Funny 

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Mini Oven

it might be able to tell fortunes!

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Today's exercise was a huge success. By taking care to shape a tight skin on the loaves, I achieved the objective of more oven spring! The formula and fermentation conditions remained the same. 

The last photo is of the loaves from the last bake. Quite the improvement

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The best crumbs I have achieved have come with 100% semolina bread bakes. 

 I know it is a difficult thing to accomplish. However, for some reason this is for me the best kind of flour to work with.