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Saturday, December 31, 2011
New scale
My wife bought me a Ozeri scale for Christmas which has a +\- 1 gram accuracy. Now that's consistency :)
Saturday, December 3, 2011
Saturday, November 19, 2011
Sunday, October 30, 2011
Problems with consistency
I need to control my proofing process. Here are several loaves, some of which were proofed correct and some of which were "over proofed".
Saturday, October 15, 2011
Saturday, October 8, 2011
315g liquid / 450g flour
12 hours to slow-rise, punch down, 20 min rest, shape, 90 min to rise, 36 min bake. I'm also experimenting with overnight rises.
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Saturday, September 17, 2011
Saturday, September 10, 2011
Saturday, September 3, 2011
Saturday, August 27, 2011
Saturday, August 20, 2011
Yum
I've settled on:
50g starter
250g mineral water
445g flour mix (see recipe for ratios)
50g starter
250g mineral water
445g flour mix (see recipe for ratios)
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Saturday, August 6, 2011
Now here is a batch of bread I'm proud of :)
I'm tweaking my water to starter to flour ratios.
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Saturday, July 30, 2011
Saturday, July 23, 2011
Friday, July 8, 2011
Sunday, July 3, 2011
Saturday, June 25, 2011
Bread & Muffins
I'm back from a great vacation and happy to be baking in my own kitchen again!
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Sunday, June 19, 2011
Saturday, June 4, 2011
My dog is teaching me to play fetch
Everyone wins!
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I have high hopes for this sourdough
The new starter seems to finally matured :)
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Monday, May 30, 2011
Saturday, May 28, 2011
Friday, May 27, 2011
Tuesday, May 24, 2011
Monday, May 23, 2011
Saturday, May 21, 2011
Wedding = free handbags
I had fun entertaining everyone
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Monday, May 16, 2011
Unimpressed
So far I'm unimpressed with the San Francisco sourdough starter I ordered from California. Initially it had little taste, but it did improve somewhat with age (as most sourdoughs do). I'll give it another week before passing full judgement.
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Saturday, May 7, 2011
Saturday, April 30, 2011
Starter - RIP
I've noticed that about every 12-18 months my starter will just quit on me. Sourdough starter is actually a unique symbiosis between two different types of bacteria. I've actually seen this coming for a while now and have been wanting to experiment with a more authentic San Fransisco sourdough.
The problem is that 95% of all San Fransisco sourdough starters out there are NOT from San Fransisco (or even California).
The last starter I got was from Texas, there were two more from different parts of Texas, one from Iowa, one from Idaho and one from Oregon. I finally found one that's from San Jose Califorina which is about as close as I could get with mail-order. It should arrive this week so I'll let you know how it turns out!
-Matt the weekend baker.
The problem is that 95% of all San Fransisco sourdough starters out there are NOT from San Fransisco (or even California).
The last starter I got was from Texas, there were two more from different parts of Texas, one from Iowa, one from Idaho and one from Oregon. I finally found one that's from San Jose Califorina which is about as close as I could get with mail-order. It should arrive this week so I'll let you know how it turns out!
-Matt the weekend baker.
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Starter
Saturday, April 23, 2011
Saturday, April 16, 2011
Saturday, April 9, 2011
Monday, March 21, 2011
Saturday, March 12, 2011
Saturday, March 5, 2011
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