I rec'd Ken Forkish's Flour, Water, Salt, Yeast as a holiday gift.
LeCruset Coquette, Glick's High Gluten Bread flour.
1st attempt at this recipe - not too shabby.
I have been excited to bake a simple rye bread since my starter had become ready to use. Also, I went to a local organic mill and stocked up an all sorts of grains, flours as well as a hard to find Puy lentil from France. I chose to do a 40% Rye with some toasted and roughly ground seeds (sunflower, flax and caraway) within. I also got to use a brotform for the first time. I will update with crumb photos, but I have a feeling I should have seen more oven spring and height from a formula such as this one. I did forget to bulk ferment an hour, so I just proofed f
Oh jeez, where'd my holidays go?
Oh wait, waking up at 11 p.m. for work at midnight till noon! What a rush! I loved it!
I was told recently that Baker Blogs is where I should be posting my bakes and not in the forum as I have been doing since I became a member back in August. If I am doing this wrong, please let me know. Here is a link to the forum post of yesterday's Danish Rye bake.
http://www.thefreshloaf.com/node/31758/my-first-danish-rye-rugbrot
John
I have made a video demonstrating how to use a flipping board.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=caAif4A03Jk
Enjoy! David
We had one more batch of saved white Italian starter left over from the panettone bake which produced so much excess starter it is nearly obscene. It was built up over 3 stages and had been previously refrigerated for several days. We decided to do an Italian bread and was torn between an Altamura Pope’s Hat or the Chacon it eventually inspired.
Made a couple loaves yesterday and drank way to much coffee!!!
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My nostrils flared, vacuuming the air with rapid snorts.
"What's that smell?" I thought.
Convincing myself that my mind was playing tricks, I turned the knob of my kitchen sink and continued rinsing the dishes.
Ding!
Fifteen minutes had elapsed and my countertop oven had finished steaming. Wary of the hazards of hot water vapour, I slipped my arms into my long-sleeved oven mitts and removed the baking tray from the oven.
"Ahh dammit, I burnt the towel!"
