Has anyone had their baguettes rise/spring in very unusual, deformed shapes when covered by an aluminum roasting pan? I've been trying this method for a few weeks now, and invariably, my loaves do not expand uniformly along their lengths or along their widths (think of a hilly terrain). They also end up somewhat flat (similar to what people have described when they oversteam....which has never happened to me, as I have a gas oven that doesn't ever retain enough steam). However, I usually cover the baguettes only for ~6-7 minutes, so oversteaming seems unlikely.
Re: the nonuniform expansion in the oven, could this be due to a lack of proper heat circulation under the aluminum pan?
Thanks!
Steven
Coud it be uneven surface tension or scoring? That is usually my problem.
-Floyd