October 26, 2008 - 7:43pm
sourdough miche HUGEMONGOUS
this huge bread was a real challenge to knead one handed (injured finger has my right hand out of commission for now).....but i managed somehow. it weighs in at over 4 lbs. it was so big that it wouldn't fit under the cloche, but i got good oven spring even though it wasn't really steamed at all. the recipe is from maggie glezer's artisian baking. used her sourdough starter...will post crumb pix tomorrow 
sourdough miche
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Hi, deborah.
But did you do it standing on one foot and blindfolded?
Really. Very impressive. Which of Glezer's recipes is that? Essential Columbia? Thom Leonard's Country French?
David
country french. i was really having misgivings about starting such a big miche w/ my one hand completely out of commission (I recently sliced open my finger w/ my bread slashing knife :-(.....but there was no turning back......and i didn't want to have to clean out my food processor....so i did the one handed knead. i thought i wouldn't be baking for weeks....but i couldn't stay away for more than 3 days!!
deborah
Deborah, you are producing amazing looking breads! What a beautiful loaf.
Eric
thanks so very much for your kind comments david and eric! as far as the taste, it is good, but in all honesty i prefer the miche of daniel leader's miche, which i also made on that same day. leader's miche is all but a memory at this point. no time for pix on that one (it was a much smaller miche...scaled down by leader). for that recipe, i used about 80% coarsely ground ww and 20 % white bread flour. i guess i really am a whole grain junky....
crumb sourdough miche
deborah