Two for the road -- a batard and a boule
I made a couple of adjustments with this bake. For the batard, I reduced the proofing time to 35 minutes and voila, the lame worked like it was supposed to and for the first time I have the grigne I have been trying for.
I reduced proofing time on the boule to 50 minutes and once again got a clean score with the lame. The boule contains 10% whole wheat, 15% organic rye which were autolysed in an equal weight of water overnight, oil and honey. I baked the boule in a hot DO as I wanted to try and get it right today after a poor effort yesterday.
I had an adventure mixing this batch! somewhere along the line I read of autolysing the flour in equal weight of water and adding the balance of the flour after auto, in the mixing stage. So I tried this, then forgot to add the additional flour to BOTH batches of dough and was wondering how I was going to get these soupy masses together. Then I found my notes and DOH, after 40 minutes of futile mixing added the additional flour and everything came together well. So for both loaves, 4 S&F's with 10 minutes rest as per PR, followed by a 21/2 hour bulk ferment on the counter with S&F's at 30, 60 and 90 minutes, one hour to develop on the counter, then into the fridge for an 18 hour retard. I rested the dough on the counter for an hour ,started the oven early, then pre-shaped, rested for 10, shaped and proofed.
My shaping has improved a great deal after watching Richard Bertinet's video an making bread from his book "Dough." I found the entire video useful and in particular the detail he goes into on shaping:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sOjSp5_YiF0
I'm not brave enough to try the slap and fold yet i'm afraid! This video is a must watch if you haven't seen it.
And now the crumb:
Plenty of bread for my upcoming road trip!
Happy baking TFLers! Brian
Comments
At least when the two are breads this pretty. I especially like the bold bake on the boule.
Paul
Well, these are the 'prettiest' loafs I have ever baked! I guess all the stars aligned and the baking gods smiled on this one. It is most gratifying to produce a loaf that is both tasty and attractive.
I owe TheFreshLoaf and all of the amazing bakers on this site a great debt of gratitude!
Best regards, Brian
ski. You are quickly figuring out this recipe. Well done! More open crumb on the batard and darker crusts too -all good things.
ears ! :) Lovely loaves. Have a great trip and take pics so you can share. c
. . . down to a half loaf of boule so may have to come home in a couple of days and bake more. I brought my mother starter with me so I could feed it, but forgot the digital scale, eyeballed it and everything bubbled up nicely! So yes, I am a committed SD bread baker! I thought I would share some photos of my BC road trip with my TFL friends.
Lunch and a couple of cold ones at the Eagle eye restaurant at the top of Kicking Horse Mountain Resort in beautiful Golden, British Columbia. Indian paintbrush is the red flower foreground::
The lobster, grilled cheese sandwich is coming . . .
The "Meadows In the Sky," a short, easily accessible hike at the top of Mt. Revelstoke in that national park:
The rugged Selkirk mountains south of lovely Revelstoke, B.C. where I write this from the Lamplighter Campground, which now that I have found is top of list for a return visit:
I just remembered -- I forgot to eat my last cinnamon bun with my coffee and am already on to the wine. Ahhhh, holidays!
Happy baking folks!
I camped at Revelstoke on my bike trip last year !! We set up in this lovely meadow and I walked along the water...it was SO pretty ! Your pics are great. You are quite devoted to take your starter along:) I make mine thick and leave it closed up in the fridge for months....can't have it on the bike you know ! It loves it when I come home and so far after 4 years all is still bubbly. You will have to try it your next trip. Thanks for the pics. c