Finally got around to activating a sourdough starter I got at least two years ago from Ed Wood's Sourdough International; did both baguettes and a no-knead loaf. A couple of photos; more at www.alan-ohio-bread.blogspot.com
the no-knead loaf baked
I was wondering if anyone knows how to form a pain de beaucaire. I have found a few formulas but not enough of a description to figure out how the loaf is formed. I have looked on the web, but google does a poor translating job from French to English. Can anyone help?
rcornwall
Been awhile since I've made this bread - made it yesterday ~ not to pretty -But tasty just the same!!
Did the "ONE" thing I've always stressed not to do - Rushed it a wee bit - LOL - plus used bigger loaf pans ( 9x5 ) instead of 8x4 .
Saw Dolfs pics when I got home and on-line - NICE Job - Plus read about autolyse - going to try this method this afternoon - will post results good or bad -
Well, perhaps not beautiful, but tasty.
This was something along the lines of LilDice's ciabatta pizza.
Where did summer go? Man, it blew by.
My apologies for being nearly absent on the site this summer. I read and responded to little questions almost every day, and I baked quite a bit this summer.Today, besides [url=http://www.thefreshloaf.com/node/4142/lshanah-tovah]Challah[/url] I produced two loaves of Reinhart's multi-grain Struan from his new book. For the "grains" part I used about 1/3 cooked brown rice, and the reset rolled oats. For the liquid is used yoghurt.
Reinhart's WGB multi-grain Struan
Today I baked a traditional (i.e. round) Challah for the new year's celebration.
Round Holiday Challah
Certainly not my best ever, but it'll do!
--dolf
I got a new digital camera, inspired by all the wonderful pictures on this web site. But then I had to wait for photogenic bread. Then I had to wait for an AC power supply after the wimpy alkaline batteries died.
The bread is very dense - 6 cups rye flour and 3 cups whole wheat. Inexplicably, it also calls for a mere 1/2 teaspoon caraway seeds. I put in about a tablespoon, but I could have added more.
I've posted a spreadsheet that summarizes what I do these days to analyze rise times and to dissect recipes or design my own variations. Below is some discussion and also some instructions for the spreadsheet. Use it as is, and modify it as you like. It may contain errors, bugs, and it is not carefully designed to work on all computers and operating systems.
