28/08/2020
por francis
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Dutch oven: don’t bake without one

Ok, the title might sound like an exaggeration, but let me tell you this: it was the single most important thing that helped me getting nice, rising and great bread. I’ve started baking sourdough just four months ago. I had … Continue lendo

12/08/2020
por francis
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It’s the proofing time, stupid!

Ok, this week I really tried to be patient with my bread making and decided to experiment a bit. I was successful with getting a better rise for my loaf, as described here. What I did was to reduce the … Continue lendo

10/08/2020
por francis
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Eureka!

Ok, finally I got a result I am happy with and that shows I might be learning something after all. As I have said many times, I am trying to get a bread loaf that grows enough so that I … Continue lendo

07/08/2020
por francis
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Baguette friday!

Saturday is my fried eggs day, and I need some nice white bread to eat with them. Therefore I am trying to make some nice white bread rolls/baguettes. Far from perfect, but lately the results have improved. I really worked … Continue lendo

05/08/2020
por francis
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Living and learning

I think today represents a big shift in my learning path of how to bake bread. I am still doing a lot of things wrong, which is basically the way I work: I need to experiment a lot until I … Continue lendo

03/08/2020
por francis
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Baking on vacation

I was looking for my holidays so I could experiment a bit with baking. It was great on my first week when I was home and alone and trying a lot of stuff. I could finally try new flours, other … Continue lendo

22/07/2020
por francis
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Test: Another go, and finally a (little) ear!

As I said, I am attempting to bake “taller” loaves, and I tried now to lower the hydration and increased a bit the amount of whole flour. I am not super happy with the results – I guess it’s no … Continue lendo

21/07/2020
por francis
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Test: trying to get a taller dough

I am far from baking bread that I am 100% happy with. I am just starting to bake bread, so there’s a lot to learn. One of the things that annoys me the most is that I see people are … Continue lendo

20/07/2020
por francis
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Repeating my spontaneous bread

Ok, this sourdough bread is now on my list of default breads – you know, those I’ll make often and often. The recipe is here. Here’s how I do it: I prepare the pre-ferment around 6 hours before, then I … Continue lendo

19/07/2020
por francis
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School bread

One of my main challenges is how to make bread my little daughter will eat. She doesn’t appreciate the crispy crusts that most bread lovers like. She loves good, soft and yummy crumb. I haven’t perfected a technique to make … Continue lendo