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Large Sourdough

KipperCat on 16 Oct 2007 at 21:31

I'm very happy with this big loaf, of mostly white bread flour with some whole wheat and cornmeal for a flavor boost. The taste was fabulous. :~) I think it's my first white sourdough, and it's definitely the first formula I concocted wholly on my own, as opposed to tinkering with an existing recipe or formula. I didn't weigh the finished loaf, but it was 12 inches across. The unbaked dough was just over 3 pounds.

Baking this week

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JMonkey on 16 Oct 2007 at 11:58
Working from home has its disadvantages: it's all too easy to blur work into home-life, you're somewhat isolated from co-workers, and it's tempting to try to do chores when work is slow.

Concord Grape Focaccia

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zolablue on 14 Oct 2007 at 19:13

 

Fall is in the air and beautiful blue-violet grapes are in the market and I could not resist the cartons of gorgeous, sweet scented concord grapes.  What better to do with them than to bake a grape focaccia.

Warm autumn day

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Floydm on 14 Oct 2007 at 16:25
Amazingly nice weather here today. Supposed to be rainy all week, but today was definitely a day to be outside. That said, while I was planting bulbs I had a loaf rising. I did a white poolish bread that turned out excellent. french bread I gave this about 10 minutes in the Kitchen Aid and very little yeast. I was very pleased with the crumb. french bread crumb I also made an apple sourdough bread.

Kenneth's Poilane-style Miche

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JMonkey on 12 Oct 2007 at 21:09
This is a recipe that Kenneth, a long-time poster to rec.food.sourdough, has posted a few times in response to requests. I made it this weekend and can safely say it's delicious. Tangy, but not overpoweringly so, with a smooth crumb that, though not full of big holes, is nevertheless a moderately light bread. It sprung well in the oven. In fact, it reminded me of some of the better Desem breads I've made. The hydration of this loaf is 68%, so one could go higher, I'm sure, and the salt is higher than usual at 2.5%, but the bread did not taste overly salty.
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