April 28, 2010 - 10:20am
Making baguettes is hard
Today I made Hamelman's poolish baguettes. Which retaught me a lesson I've already learned which is that making baguettes is hard. A month or two ago, I tried the Bouabsa formula several times, without having any idea that it wasn't reasonable to start one's baguette making career with that, so I backed off to Hamelman which I think is quite delicious in its own right. But it is still hard for the novice bread baker.
From this side it doesn't look so bad -
From this side, not so much ...
All I can say is thank god for bagels which are tasty and rewarding -