Having heard so much about SFBI, I finally went there for a 5 days sourdough workshop.
Its located up a tiny mountain which offers stunning view to town
Based on the "Sourdough Italian Baguettes" from dmsnyder, I baked two bâtards today. Without durum flour, I used 200g whole wheat flour in the final dough and didn't add sugar during the procedures. My room temperature is about 69 to 73 dF and the dough had been kept in the refrigerator for 20 hours at 40 dF.
Also I have made considerable improvements today. With lots of scoring practice, yes, ears!
Hi friends, this old ski bum had a busy winter baking mostly cookies and muffins and logging 100 ski days for the season in a difficult snow year. YAHOO!
I was going to bake baguettes, got lazy and decided to do a Forkish style proof and bake. Funny, I ate little bread over the winter and suddenly had a hankering for a fresh loaf. Mission accomplished! I also started a pineapple juice solution to get a levain going and in day 5, it looks like I have a successful starter!!!!! I Am also day two on a YW starter that is progressing well according to dabrownman's instructions.
Started baking with levain a few weeks back, and it only took a few loaves to get me started on experiments and new flavors - couple that with chocolate cravings hitting with a passion - well, the rest is pretty self explanatory.
This week is finals (and my graduation!) week at Penn State, so naturally I've hidden from all responsibility in the kitchen. This week I made Po'Boy rolls for buffalo chicken cheesesteaks, oatmeal bread, oatmeal cookies, and pizza.
Po'Boy Rolls - http://www.thefreshloaf.com/node/24960/new-orleans-poboy-bread-it039s-all-eric039s-fault
I made these a little smaller for shareability, maybe a little less crackly, but so delicious.
Sourdough Italian Demi-Baguettes: Variations on a Theme
David M. Snyder
May 3, 2015
1/1/2015 - New Years Eve Pizza
1/2/2015 - 50 % Whole Grain Sprouted 8 Grain SD/YW with Japanese Black Rice & Seeds
1/9/2015 - 50 Percent Whole Sprouted 16 Grain SD with Lake Havasu Desert Magic IPA
I haven't posted a lot as it seems I have been traveling all the time, but I have been baking, so I will share some of those photos. When I found out that we were so close to the King Arthur Flour HQ during our New England trip, I just had to go visit there. It was so much fun, and I wanted to buy everything. Generally, carrying flour in one's suitcase does make it a lot heavier, and I am already at the limit! I got a gift certificate for my birthday, so I will be ordering a lot of KAF goods when we aren't traveling so much.
Decided to give the pantry and the new mill a workout. List of ingredients:
5 variety rice mix
Quinoa
Flax seed
Steel cut oats
Wheat bran
Milk
Water
Amaranth
Chia seed
Sunflower seed
White wheat flour, high extraction
Semolina flour
Einkorn flour
Spelt flour
Barley flour
Buckwheat flour
Wild yeast starter
Sorghum syrup
Coconut oil
Salt
Pumpkin seed
Bread smells wonderful. Won't cut it till tomorrow.
Stu
