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Feb 3, 2021 - Abe's VSSD, take 2

I decided to start this during the day this time, so I could watch it and better understand the bulk proof. That allowed taking photos of the whole process.  It was a little warmer here than usual yesterday, about 4-5 degrees F warmer than the overnight room temperature than the last time.

Dough info:

Freshly milled hard red winter wheat 150 gm

Freshly milled hard white spring wheat 150 gm

KAF bread flour 200 gm

Water 340 gm (freshly milled flour tends to be thirsty, I went by feel)

Salt 9 gm

Feb. 3, 2021.  For the Durum Community Bake! https://www.thefreshloaf.com/comment/480584#comment-480584

https://www.thefreshloaf.com/node/67151/community-bake-semolinadurum-and-similar-grain-breads

Yesterday  i spent at home under our 5 day corona  lockdown, We had a run of 10 months with no community transfer. But a security guard has caught the virus from returning travellers in supervised Hotel quarantine and been out and about in the community . this triggered  a lockdown and vigorous contact tracing and testing and so far no other cases have emerged fingers crossed. The other Emergency is a large bushfire to the North of the city and already 71 homes have been lost in high temperatures and strong winds.

Preparing to make a traditional panettone can sometimes be daunting, especially when I don't have MANY ingredients!  A panettone recipe from Chef Alphonso Pepe calls for several citrus fruit paste. It is discouraging that I have to pause to prepare these ingredients every time before I can make his panettone.  I like spontaneous baking, and that's why I love CLAS.  Any extended prep work before a bake will most likely deter me from baking.

Hi All,

Earlier this year I traveled to San Francisco and visited Tartine Bakery. I tried a few pastries and their country loaf. I give them a great review on the pastries, but the country loaf was disappointing. I had much better sourdough in Oregon.

Has anyone else had Tartine bread? Did you find it was worth the hype?

To me it was kind of burnt tasting that overwhelmed the sourdough flavor.

Thank you for reading!

My first bake for 2021!

Hi Everyone,

I'd like to share here the video that I uploaded a few months ago on YouTube related to the preparation of the Sourdough Focaccia; I hope that you'll find it helpful :)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=acZf9-Znc_8

Chris

After getting comfortable baking yeast breads with at least some amount of home milled flour, I decided to don my proverbial water wings and venture into the deeper end of the bread baking pool with the sourdough people. So far, it feels like I am doing a dog paddle, but my first SD bake came out good enough for us.