Bread

Lowered hydration slightly, better flour

60/40 white wholemeal
65% hydration including starter
15% starter
5% seeds
2% salt
1 tsp non diastic malt

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Looks so good!!

Loaf 4 of lockdown, using the Lahey no knead, any reason I can’t just up quantities?
Would like a larger loaf.

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Yeah you can definitely up the quantities.

I have fiddled around with the Lahey quantities a bit to get a larger loaf with slightly less hydration.

Sourdough starter split this morning!
Fed it, we’ll see what it looks like tomorrow for day 5 and trial loaf.

Cool, thanks. Maybe I’ll start with just one extra cup of flour to start with.

Back in the game after a neighbour on the street sourced some 16kg bags. No knead, but at 80% hydration, so soft.

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Anybody got a link to a decent lame?

I just use a razor blade on an ice cream lolly stick.

Crumb shot from yesterday’s loaf, and today’s attempt at a floating lid score. Not quite!

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Odd question, where do you live ;)

The blighted north.

Chopstick b2b razor blade here

Coffee stirrer and razor blade

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got my first loaf, proving as I type, using a dan lepard recipe.
I've got 3 more hours on the prove.
question, possible to finish prove, put what I've got in the fridge and bake tomorrow morning? Or best to bake tonight?

Retarded final rise in fridge and put in hottest oven tomorrow morning.

What yeast did you use.

Fresh yeast bread; 50/50 strong white/wholemeal spelt. Second time I've tried autolyse (30 mins) as the taste was so much improved.

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Thanks on the lame tips all. Razor blades ordered. Now just got to wait for a coffee shop to open!

Chinese takeaways are still open ;)

fuck it, I'm going to bake it tonight.

Following a new recipe having got back into the sourdough game due to CV19 and may have (accidentally) made twice as much dough as I can fit in my banneton, I have until tomorrow morning to decide what to do with the other half, suggestions? breadsticks, foccacia, buns, would be good if ti were something that lent to being baked at the same time/can be baked while the loaf proves...

Just bang it in a big bowl lined with a floured teatowel.

had considered this, not certain i can bake two boule type loaves at the same time in the oven, so was considering something/s smaller (at least in height) to go on shelf below.

First loaf in 8yrs, didn’t come out too bad.
Pity I didn’t use the banneton properly so I didn’t get some pretty lines, and my slashing technique needs some work..
Fresh out the oven. Hoping the interior is holey as all hell..

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