portermariena's blog

I made my first baguettes this weekend. It was pretty fun! Especially since I got to use my new couche and peel for the first time. Thanks to all who gave me advice on my questions about getting enough steam - the cloth method worked great!

I feel like there wasn't as many air pockets as I thought there would be in the crumb.. So maybe they were slightly under proofed? 

The first loaf did get a pretty good oven spring but I wonder if the scoring wasn't deep enough? Because, I feel like it could have been better. The second one, the one with the three scores, I think looks a little prettier. Anyways, I'm proud of myself! My starter is about 2.5 - 3 weeks old, I got the recipe off TFL, and it worked like a charm!

I used a combo cooker similar to the one mentioned in Tartine Breads, suggested by the author and by one of the regulars here on TFL. I followed the recipe to a "T".