Bread

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bought when our do used to eat dried food, but since she moved to raw food about 6 years ago its dont great service as a flour bin (flour still inside original sack)

Im going to have a go in my cast iron next time, for some reason I thought water in oven was superior.

65% hydration today, proved in the fridge overnight.

Cutting game has improved, using a razor blade & chopstick bodge as a lame.

Shaping still needs work, and I should have brushed off the excess flour.

The crumb was good though.

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Dutch ovens - what are people using?

I have a non-stick casserole, which is probably doing nobody any favours when it gets very hot.

I'm on the lookout for something cast iron (maybe enamelled) and second hand.

Finally made a loaf I'm proud off.!
I was using YouTube's "Foodgeek" method which just didn't work for me, I have since moved to "Bake with Jack" which I have found very useful.

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The game changer for me was to carefully keep the volume in the dough as I'm stretching and folding, so that when i eventually put the dough in the bannaton and finally to retard in the fridge, the dough has some rise already.

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KitchenAid is overrated. You'd be better off with a Kenwood.

I'm using one I inherited from the in-laws. Cast iron, enamelled Danish thing from the 60s. It's quite small so going a bigger loaf free range today. Hoping the steam oven will do the trick for baking.
Still trial and error amateur hour for me.
(never realised it was a Dutch oven, always just called it a casserole)

*Laughs in Hobart.*

Yes, any domestic stand mixer is not really the right tool for bread dough, so it's a case of which one probably won't burn out the motor if you keep the quantities small.

i used a cast iron skillet and a pan shover on top last night instead of the usual le cruset cast iron/enamel job we usually use

it made for a flatter bottom and a less stressful turning out of the loaf, dropping a loaf from the banneton into a pan always ends up catching on the saide of the pan for me...

baking james on instagram has some great tins that looks like they are really easy to use, if starting from scratch id be looking at something like that.

Hobart stand mixers aren’t really designed for bread either, you can easily shag them by mixing too much bread dough at once - admittedly not a problem I have at home - but something to be aware of.

Just wanted to flex about having a big mixer tbh.

Just wanted to flex about having a big mixer tbh.

Understandable :-)

Kind of thing I'd randomly buy off eBay after a few beverages and end up having to buy another shed to put it in.

Flex number 2 incoming - I got it for free, spent £100 to get it working though. Currently resides in my front room, need to get a skate for it to live on though, bit of an odd showpiece to have by your sofa.

That’s a great looking loaf, and thanks for the flour tip off...

Managed to get some sent to my mum who is struggling a. It during lock down in lock down and hopefully some baking will help cheer her up!

You can’t go wrong using one of these, fairly cheap and easy enough to find...
It’s what I’ve been using to bake mine..

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/223512121145

Although people should be sure to only pass it to the left hand side.

Loaf number five looking good!
Lot of height from the prove, hoping there are more holes inside.
Tweaked my recipe with a bit more leaven and water as the leaven was quite liquid before it was mixed with the water, more so than it has been before..

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Nice one!

Quite pleased with this one. Probably need a banneton soon.

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Old kenwood and refurb.

Older kenwood, such as a701, are the best. Very easy to refurb. Refresh the grease on the gear box, new carbon brushes few electric bits to change and powder coat ith either white or colour of your choice, with a no quibble year guarantee not had one come back yet.

EDIT Don't get one with the modern motor as the modern motor is not as good as the older kenwood system. Also not serviceable as the original Kenwood set up is.

Pretty chuffed with the crumb on this, perfect level of holes to my taste (although a big lump of PB did just drop through on to my top).

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Sable D'Or in Mussel Hill have a ton of flour for sale. Literally, probably about a tonne

Yeah was there the other day, they have the 16kg bags and it is carrs flour thou they sell kilo plastic bags. They have fresh yeast at £2 for 100g.

I'm cheaper for 16kg bags of flour and can do wet yeast for £5 for a kilo block. May be able to get dried alinson sachets too and I can post that.

Tho no sourdough starter for sale from Sable, even to they sell sourdough bread.