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Offline Natasha

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Re: Sourdough
« Reply #100 on: April 09, 2019, 09:47:09 AM »
Chery, how do you make a sponge with the starter?

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Re: Sourdough
« Reply #101 on: April 09, 2019, 03:33:45 PM »
So, I ended up using my starter discard to make make the "no knead" rolls and it was a great addition. They have a great flavor to them, even though they are raised with regular yeast. Kind of a cheater sourdough. Still only making them one day at at a time and the whole point was to make something that would last a couple of days.

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Re: Sourdough
« Reply #102 on: April 09, 2019, 04:54:25 PM »
Sponge:
1C starter, unfed
1C water
1C flour(s)

I let it sit for 6 hours, warm room temp.
Then I add 2.5C flour(s), 2t salt and a splash of something sweet.  Sugar, honey or whatever...  A little oil if for a more sandwich type bread than a crusty bread.  More flour if necessary while mixing, but usually not much.

First rise is usually 2 hours, second rise only takes a half hour or so, I like it a little underproofed going in the oven, so it kind of explodes.

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Re: Sourdough
« Reply #103 on: April 09, 2019, 05:08:03 PM »
Tons of oven spring, still a fine crumb. This had olive oil.

Edited cause pic was probably huge...
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v328/CheryG/IMG_20190409_164308_757_zpshelfefjk.jpg
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Re: Sourdough
« Reply #104 on: April 09, 2019, 05:32:28 PM »
wow, gorgeous (and yuge!)
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Re: Sourdough
« Reply #105 on: April 09, 2019, 05:37:24 PM »
wow, gorgeous (and yuge!)

Is the pic yuge? I can't tell on the phone.  I can edit to do a link instead as it looks impossible to resize it.

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Re: Sourdough
« Reply #106 on: April 09, 2019, 05:42:42 PM »
It looks amazing on my phone! Book quality. What kind of pan did you use? How did it get so dark? Mine don’t darken much at all.

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Re: Sourdough
« Reply #107 on: April 09, 2019, 05:45:19 PM »
I used a cast iron dutch oven. Oven not quite preheated to 450 (not intentional), 25 minutes with the lid on, 10 minutes with the lid off, then I dropped the temp to 350 for another... 10 minutes until it thumped hollow.


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Re: Sourdough
« Reply #108 on: April 09, 2019, 05:47:52 PM »
it was pretty big.  It's fabulous.
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Re: Sourdough
« Reply #109 on: April 09, 2019, 05:50:07 PM »
I’ll try that tomorrow. I’ve been using a convection oven. Maybe that’s why my breads don’t brown.

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Re: Sourdough
« Reply #110 on: April 09, 2019, 06:00:57 PM »
Do you double check your oven temps with a thermometer?

There is also a certain kind of pale that goes along with a bread being overproofed, and that's the trouble I was running into before I went with the sponge method.   I still haven't figured out where I was going wrong, it was like the dough never rose, but was overproofed at the same time.

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Re: Sourdough
« Reply #111 on: April 09, 2019, 06:04:54 PM »
No, i wing it. I’ll try the thermometer tomorrow.

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Re: Sourdough
« Reply #112 on: April 09, 2019, 06:10:22 PM »
You make the prettiest bread, CG! You really should open a bakery.

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Re: Sourdough
« Reply #113 on: April 09, 2019, 07:53:47 PM »
Thank you RA.  The masters on thay sourdough FB page inspire me.

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Re: Sourdough
« Reply #114 on: April 09, 2019, 09:59:06 PM »
Thank you RA.  The masters on thay sourdough FB page inspire me.

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Re: Sourdough
« Reply #115 on: April 10, 2019, 12:01:09 AM »
How did autocorrect turn the into thay??  Oh geez.

https://www.facebook.com/groups/perfectsourdough/

Those folks are amazing.

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Re: Sourdough
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Re: Sourdough
« Reply #117 on: April 10, 2019, 01:07:03 AM »
Here is my dad's insta--he doesn't post often but sometimes he posts his R & D stuff which is pretty fun. I should, of course, just ask him how to make bread. But, what would the fun of that be?

https://www.instagram.com/bassnmando/

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Re: Sourdough
« Reply #118 on: April 10, 2019, 06:41:35 AM »
Following!

RA, I'm sure it thrills him a little when you do ask?   I've comw to think of asking someone's advice as being one of the highest compliments one can give.

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Re: Sourdough
« Reply #119 on: April 10, 2019, 08:41:32 AM »
Some good discussion here about inoculation and rise and temps....

http://www.thefreshloaf.com/keyword/inoculation

 

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