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Swiss Chalet-like bullet rolls

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I used the King Arthur recipe here. The Daisy flour I used tends to be wet and needs hydration cut back. I didn't do that and ended up adding more flour, which made the rolls drier than they should have been. Will correct that next time. All-in-all, they are pretty good. Had one with homemade corned beef the next day and my jaw got the workout I expected.

A wall oven customized for bread baking

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I started baking bread at home circa 2020.  I watched a few John Kirkwood videos which made the whole process seem reasonably simple. Much to my surprise my first attempt yielded a bread superior in taste to anything I could buy from my local in-store supermarket bakery.  I was instantly hooked.  My main pursuit since has been the elusive “perfect baguette”.

Starters showcase #2: Whoreass Silver (salted black rice starter with freezing treatment)

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Say hi to Whoreass Silver!

Whoreass says: *making some random jazz noise* "doo ba da ba doo ba da bee doo LAY LAY LAY LAY LAY LAY LAY LAY low low low low low low🎷🎺🎼"

Lol. I named him after my all time favorite jazz musical artist Horace Silver. It's the second and last installment of my starters showcase series. (see part one)

Blueberry YW French Toast

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Can’t go wrong with French Toast . I mix egg and 1/2 &1/2 with a pinch of salt and a sprinkle of cinnamon/ sugar. An iron griddle and butter and you are set. Low and slow. 

Topped with my homemade Lemon Curd . Fruit with my homemade yogurt. What a way to start the day. 

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Starters showcase #1: Djinn Carne (black rice, lactose, and butter starter with freezing treatment)

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(edit September 10th: I found Djinn Carne behaves differently toward lactose and powdered milk; she ferments powdered milk much longer than lactose at the same lactose saturation. I will adjust the feeding to favor powdered milk, to aim for substrate specificity. I will edit the post once she settles with powdered milk)

So, weeks ago I kinda promise to make starters showcase posts. God knows I've been beating myself a lot lately and couldn't conserve extra energy to make dedicated posts about my starters.

YW levain Blueberry/ Candied Pecan Boules

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Boules

I was given fresh picked local blueberries and went searching for a way to use my Apple-Fig YW levain. Shaio-Ping had posted a Sourdough version with frozen berries years ago. I read through and adapted . 

It is a challenge! Getting the dough made was easy and my YW is crazy active. The challenge was the candied nuts , I had never cooked sugar syrup that hot and then getting everything folded into the dough. But it got done . 

baked vegan wholewheat parsley & mint donuts w blood orange/plum brandy glaze

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a plate of vegan whole wheat donuts

another one from 'the "who kidnapped Rob?" cookbook.'

Adapted from Sarah Owens. I changed the recipe to whole wheat (basically because I wanted to use up some of what I have in my cabinet.) I subbed in violife faux-butter, soy milk, and a flax seed faux-egg for the animal equivalents.

Results:

a fun experiment, but -- 

Twisted, Onions, Bacon, Cheese

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Twisted Onions Bacon Cheese

Inspired by some recipes from the internet I decided to bake a bread with sautéed onions and bacon, twisted in grated cheese for the final proof.

50% white flour

50% Ruchmehl

2% salt

22% whole wheat preferment

80% final hydration

25% (raw) onions (sautéed before incorporating)

25% (raw) bacon (lightly fried before incorporating)

more than enough grated cheese for the "crust"

The shaping was just a gentle twist in a huge amount of grated cheese.

Bulk and final proof at ca. 25-26ºC, baked for 30-32min at 200ºC with steam.