This is my first bread. I made it following the instructions of the instant Lesaffre yeast plus some stuff I saw in a BBC video with some french cook who loves too much the bread and cheers artisan ones. The portion is small as it's just for me ^_^
Decided to play around with the percentage of the red fife flour to get a better sense of its flavour vs normal whole wheat flour. Made an approximately 40% red fife loaf with the other 60% using Robin hood AP flour. Here's the recipe in cups:
1 spoon of starter
1/8 cup water
1/4 cup flour
Combine and ferment overnight. Mine took 10 hours and was all bubbly and ready to go.
Combine the above with:
1.5 cups water
1 cup Red Fife flour
2 cups AP flour
Well after 2 disastrous bakes in a row, it was nice to get a good result. I have borrowed tips and techniques from Ken Forkish, Chad Robertson and Peter Reinhart. I prefer a sweet rather than sour loaf so use the levain when is quite your, like CR.
What could be more simple, or more difficult than a baguette? It's safe to say that in the few months since I decided it was time to learn to make baguettes, I have tried around 20 different approaches. Many of these failed, and many were pretty good. Many followed along with strategies outlined by TFLers. And yet a tweak here, a chainsaw there, and pretty soon I was off on my own.
So many decisions when it comes to the humble baguette:
I adjusted the wheat to 125g and the AP 675g to have more wheat And to make up for not having rye flour. They proofed for 5 hours on the counter and in the fridge for 9 hours. I got a nice rise. I was afraud I had over proofed my dough. I will never throw out dough just in case it surprises me, and it usually does.
Warm regards,
Casey
Name: Skunk Bellies (aka Cinnamon Rolls)
Description:
First take 3 fresh Skunks and remove the soft under bellies. Just kidding, no animals were harmed in the preparation of this recipe. : )
Didn't get to cut it open, these are headed to a friend along with an assortment of home made jams and jellies. What do you all do to share your bread?
Don't ever be tempted to shave off a few minutes here and there. So you are in a big rush today......... Then make a decision to bake another day (your starter will keep in the fridge for 2-3 days) or just be a little late for that not-so-important appointment.
My time this morning was very tight and the bread had to be ready to go by 11am but as I was baking 2 loaves at the same time, I decided to shave a couple of minutes off where I could.
Pumpkin season is in the full swing and what a better way to celebrate it than making a golden fluffy Pumpkin Bread?
Sorry, no photos as it was so popular it was gone in a day, but a full recipe is here
Last week end was lesson 5 for me: Yeasted goods. The lesson spanned over 2 exhausting days with so much to bake in so little time. Moreover, we had to mix all doughs by hand; not an easy quest for 90% of the new faces that have signed up for only those two days. First we had to prepare our laminated dough and refrigerated it for next day. We’ve used high quality margarine for fat, but for sake of comparison, I chose plain butter. During intermittent refrigeration, we had to make foccacia, baguette, grissini (Italian flavored bread sticks), spelt loaf, and a wholemeal seeded loaf.
