An exercise in poor self-control
With an early get-away tomorrow morning for a road trip north for family affairs, I just had to get in two final bakes. The first was the Hamelman Pain au Levain with whole wheat. Which I've raved about endlessly. For a twist, I aded some diced fresh apple and toasted walnuts. The walnut flavor this time, having been toasted, came through strong, but the apple still held back on the flavor profile. Back to the drawing board.
Just today I completed my largest bake to date. 2.4k (that's where the lack of self-control rears its ugly little head) of the marvelous Semolina Capriccioso - my take on David Snyder's wonderful creation. 4 x 600g. They were too large to actually fit into the oven across without getting into each other's way, so I staggered them. For some reason these were a little too sticky and soft at shaping time, and therefore they showed a bit of reluctance in obtaining my more typical oven spring during the bake.
Three are give-aways, one is reserved for us for the road trip.
The semolina bread just after steam released, rotated and staggered.
And the same group during the final moments of the bake.
Here are the 2 x 750g Hamelmans.
During the trip I'm scheduled to meet up with another TFL contributor, but I'll leave that for a later blog entry.
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