my best scraper is still the low-grade one I got from a restaurant supply store in college.
I also have an Oxo one which works okay but I don't really need a scraper blade to be that sharp.
The reason I tossed my old cheap scraper when I picked up an Oxo is because the cheap one gradually warped in the middle and became useless for scraping flour off the counter.
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I made my first boule in a while and sort of winged it; mostly-no-knead, baked in a dutch oven, bread and whole-wheat flour. It tasted fine but the oven spring was pretty sad - the slices looked like biscotti. I think I have to go back to basics for a few loaves until I get my groove back.
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I just bought myself a dough scraper from a bread youtuber because his videos helped me fix my bread problems and I needed one anyway. It's surprising how much easier that little bit of plastic makes things.
The channel is called Bake With Jack btw for any bread noobs like me, I think he's really good.
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This is my latest loaf, there are some definite issues, like I didn’t score the bread deep enough so it didn’t split well. My other question is that I throw it into a boulè and I think there is decent tension, but when I pop it in the fridge it always just pancakes down, is that just what happens if you don’t have a banneton? And if you don’t have good tension after forming what do you do?
I just bought myself a dough scraper from a bread youtuber because his videos helped me fix my bread problems and I needed one anyway. It's surprising how much easier that little bit of plastic makes things.
The channel is called Bake With Jack btw for any bread noobs like me, I think he's really good.
this is the my goto channel, his recipes are very good and allow for alot of screwups but still getting a good product. He's been the most tolerable instruction I've found, especially for me since I work in restaurants. He just gets to the point. I use his cobb loaf recipe, beginners sour dough method and also his yeast risen white loaf. they are my no mess no fuss recipes that really turn out.
Yeah, static charges attract oppositely charged things and lighter neutral things, when the charged object (let’s just say it’s negatively charged it doesn’t really matter) passes over the neutral object, it repels it’s like charge in the neutral object to the far side of the object, which means the close side become oppositely charged and then attracts itself to the charged object.
I made my first boule in a while and sort of winged it; mostly-no-knead, baked in a dutch oven, bread and whole-wheat flour. It tasted fine but the oven spring was pretty sad - the slices looked like biscotti. I think I have to go back to basics for a few loaves until I get my groove back.
Back-to-basics loaf was more successful
Same-day loaf instead of no-knead this time, AP instead of fancier flours, folllowed the Serious Eats recipe to the letter (except for halving the amounts). The only issue I have with it is something that also occurred with the previous loaf - the bottom of the loaf has a thin layer that's just burnt black. It's baked in a preheated enameled Dutch Oven with a parchment paper sling to get it in easier, and while you expect the bottom to be the darkest, I'd rather not burn it. Anyone know how to avoid this? I cut 7-8 minutes off the baking time because I could smell it burning (the internal temperature was done anyway); should I just shorten the baking time more? I was thinking about setting the Dutch Oven on a pizza stone to try and regulate the heat coming from the bottom, but I was sort of expecting the big iron Dutch Oven to already be doing that.
The rest of the loaf looks perfect honestly. I'd probably just accept the burn on the bottom and scrape it off. The alternative is to preheat your dutch oven a few degrees less, check for results, and then keep adjusting until you get where you want.
Also how much flour did you have between your dough and the parchment paper? It's possible if you use more raw flour as a barrier between the two, that burns instead of the bread, and should dust right off the finished product.
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Ooh, good call re the flour, I didn't think of that. I usually don't put flour or cornmeal etc. under the dough because with the parchment I don't have to slide it around or worry about it sticking. I'll try that next time, thanks.
In the meantime, I'll just sand off the bottom layer a bit with the cheese grater
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How long did you bake it for?
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ok so.
Bannetons.
will they help my boule retain it's shape in the fridge overnight? Because I'm getting frustrated about getting a gorgeous smooth skin and then losing it overnight in the fridge.
As mentioned in the cooking thread I've decided to join the bandwagon and start a sourdough starter. Well I attempted a loaf yesterday. I didn't hold out much hope - I've only got plain flour rather than strong flour and I combined two different recipes rather than simply following one.
One recipe reckoned on a three hour first prove and the other five! I stuck with the shorter prove as it fit in nicely around a work meeting but it hadn't risen much. Similar with the second prove, I did two hours and a half rather than the 4-8 specified as I wanted to go to bed.
I haven't got a banneton so I went with a floured tea towel and glass bowl. It stuck a bit but the bit left on the tea towel peeled off nicely and made a wee dumpling that I chucked in with the loaf. From reading it sounds like moar flour on the towel is the way forward and rather than clean it like I have I should just scrape off any stuck dough each time and flour again and keep the towel in a bag and it'll get better each time I use it.
Anyway, it is more faff than my normal bread and definitely more faff than my beer bread but it was the best loaf of bread i've made. Ever!
will they help my boule retain it's shape in the fridge overnight? Because I'm getting frustrated about getting a gorgeous smooth skin and then losing it overnight in the fridge.
I’ve bought a set off amazon. They’re from over seas though (cause I’m cheap) so I’m not going to get them until next month.
Awesome, you can probably let it go a bit longer uncovered with that color.
It was just baked on the baking tray so uncovered the entire time. Did the first half hour on the tray and then five minutes just on the wire shelf. Smelt like it was starting to scorch so whipped it out the but bottom wasn't that done. Think the smell was the loose flour cooking off.Still it came out lovely and fresh from the oven was amazing.
Personally I wouldn't want it much more done. I don't like an overly crusty crust.
In half an hour I'll be able to tell you how well it kept overnight.
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will they help my boule retain it's shape in the fridge overnight? Because I'm getting frustrated about getting a gorgeous smooth skin and then losing it overnight in the fridge.
Yes, they will help shape it. You'll get some crust on that skin, though, because they allow air exchange, which is actually good! A little crust developing pre-baking is how you get a super crunchy crust.
will they help my boule retain it's shape in the fridge overnight? Because I'm getting frustrated about getting a gorgeous smooth skin and then losing it overnight in the fridge.
Yes, they will help shape it. You'll get some crust on that skin, though, because they allow air exchange, which is actually good! A little crust developing pre-baking is how you get a super crunchy crust.
hmm. i don't really want a super crunchy crust, as my pallette is a delicate flower that screams in agony at rice krispies. only slightly exagerating.
and I've been doing ok with the crust left from the craggy non-boule perfect loaves I've been doing so far, although they are more discus shaped than round.
Maybe i'll just leave well enough alone for the moment.
will they help my boule retain it's shape in the fridge overnight? Because I'm getting frustrated about getting a gorgeous smooth skin and then losing it overnight in the fridge.
Yes, they will help shape it. You'll get some crust on that skin, though, because they allow air exchange, which is actually good! A little crust developing pre-baking is how you get a super crunchy crust.
hmm. i don't really want a super crunchy crust, as my pallette is a delicate flower that screams in agony at rice krispies. only slightly exagerating.
and I've been doing ok with the crust left from the craggy non-boule perfect loaves I've been doing so far, although they are more discus shaped than round.
Maybe i'll just leave well enough alone for the moment.
If you leave the lid on your Dutch oven, that will keep it steamy and stop it from becoming overly crunchy.
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So I made some edits to my white Pullman loaf, the dough was smaller and the cooking time hotter and longer and holy shit this is the best sandwich bread I've ever eaten.
It's soft and light but fucking buttery delicious.
Also yesterday I was picking up some dried fruit from a bulk foods store, and there was a little sign saying they had sourdough 3 days a week. So I asked the guy if he sold starter. He looked like nobody had ever asked before. Thought about it for a second, then went and got me 100g of starter in a little container and said "uuuuuh, 2 bucks?"
So I made some edits to my white Pullman loaf, the dough was smaller and the cooking time hotter and longer and holy shit this is the best sandwich bread I've ever eaten.
It's soft and light but fucking buttery delicious.
Also yesterday I was picking up some dried fruit from a bulk foods store, and there was a little sign saying they had sourdough 3 days a week. So I asked the guy if he sold starter. He looked like nobody had ever asked before. Thought about it for a second, then went and got me 100g of starter in a little container and said "uuuuuh, 2 bucks?"
So now I have a proven active starter.
I saw at the local store they were selling it for eight bucks a tub. And I mean, I get that it takes time to make starter (I did it myself) but it was like 30 cents of flour, and I’m just like, man, what a rip off.
So I made some edits to my white Pullman loaf, the dough was smaller and the cooking time hotter and longer and holy shit this is the best sandwich bread I've ever eaten.
It's soft and light but fucking buttery delicious.
Also yesterday I was picking up some dried fruit from a bulk foods store, and there was a little sign saying they had sourdough 3 days a week. So I asked the guy if he sold starter. He looked like nobody had ever asked before. Thought about it for a second, then went and got me 100g of starter in a little container and said "uuuuuh, 2 bucks?"
So now I have a proven active starter.
What recipe are you working with? I've tried a couple of pullman-specific recipes, but they both ended up denser and more crumbly than I'd prefer.
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I've actually Frankenstein'd together a couple of different recipes. A Japanese milk bread recipe and a sourdough recipe designs to make a specific sized dough. Because the Pullman pan prevents the bread from doming, it's super important to get the right weight of dough otherwise it comes out gross and dense and doughy.
Here's the recipe I wrote down, this makes a 1100g dough.
9g yeast
50g water
10g sugar
563g flour
200g water
125g milk
63g butter
30g sugar
13g salt
Bloom yeast in 50g water and 10g sugar. This 50 and 10g is inclusive of total amounts of water and sugar.
Dump flour, sugar, salt into bowl of mixer. Stir with paddle until well combined.
Add water and milk and mix until combined. Rest 30 minutes.
After 30 mins add yeast mixture. Mix together with dough hook. When well mixed add room temp butter a cube at a time until each cube disappears.
When mixed and smooth, proof for ~90 minutes until doubled. Punch down, divide dough into 4, roll out, fold and roll each quarter. Lightly spray pan, line up each roll in pan, spirals to the sides. Proof in pan with lid on until dough rises about an inch from the lid. ~40 mins
Bake at 425 for 35 mins
Remove lid, bake at 375 for another 10 mins
So I made some edits to my white Pullman loaf, the dough was smaller and the cooking time hotter and longer and holy shit this is the best sandwich bread I've ever eaten.
It's soft and light but fucking buttery delicious.
Also yesterday I was picking up some dried fruit from a bulk foods store, and there was a little sign saying they had sourdough 3 days a week. So I asked the guy if he sold starter. He looked like nobody had ever asked before. Thought about it for a second, then went and got me 100g of starter in a little container and said "uuuuuh, 2 bucks?"
So now I have a proven active starter.
I saw at the local store they were selling it for eight bucks a tub. And I mean, I get that it takes time to make starter (I did it myself) but it was like 30 cents of flour, and I’m just like, man, what a rip off.
Someone on a podcast was complaining they had gone through 7kg of flour trying to keep a starter alive and I’m like man what are you doing to that poor thing
She also complained it was wasteful because you have to throw so much of the starter away as you feed it and again, make pancakes, use it as preferment for a not-quite sourdough, Christ woman you don’t have to chuck all of it. I was starting to wish it was radio so I could call in and yell at her,
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I also have an Oxo one which works okay but I don't really need a scraper blade to be that sharp.
The reason I tossed my old cheap scraper when I picked up an Oxo is because the cheap one gradually warped in the middle and became useless for scraping flour off the counter.
The channel is called Bake With Jack btw for any bread noobs like me, I think he's really good.
Satans..... hints.....
https://youtu.be/d5Yqi7uu8s8
I like this channel cos he addresses basically every question I think of
this is the my goto channel, his recipes are very good and allow for alot of screwups but still getting a good product. He's been the most tolerable instruction I've found, especially for me since I work in restaurants. He just gets to the point. I use his cobb loaf recipe, beginners sour dough method and also his yeast risen white loaf. they are my no mess no fuss recipes that really turn out.
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Neat!
Iron fortified flour with static electricity maybe?
don't dox me plz
Holy shit Bowen you can’t just call someone static electricity
main thing that I did differently was i mixed in some AP flour with the bread flour. I wonder if that could be it.
Oh well it's about to go into the 4th stretch and fold and then into the fridge overnight
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Yeah, static charges attract oppositely charged things and lighter neutral things, when the charged object (let’s just say it’s negatively charged it doesn’t really matter) passes over the neutral object, it repels it’s like charge in the neutral object to the far side of the object, which means the close side become oppositely charged and then attracts itself to the charged object.
Satans..... hints.....
Back-to-basics loaf was more successful
Same-day loaf instead of no-knead this time, AP instead of fancier flours, folllowed the Serious Eats recipe to the letter (except for halving the amounts). The only issue I have with it is something that also occurred with the previous loaf - the bottom of the loaf has a thin layer that's just burnt black. It's baked in a preheated enameled Dutch Oven with a parchment paper sling to get it in easier, and while you expect the bottom to be the darkest, I'd rather not burn it. Anyone know how to avoid this? I cut 7-8 minutes off the baking time because I could smell it burning (the internal temperature was done anyway); should I just shorten the baking time more? I was thinking about setting the Dutch Oven on a pizza stone to try and regulate the heat coming from the bottom, but I was sort of expecting the big iron Dutch Oven to already be doing that.
Also how much flour did you have between your dough and the parchment paper? It's possible if you use more raw flour as a barrier between the two, that burns instead of the bread, and should dust right off the finished product.
In the meantime, I'll just sand off the bottom layer a bit with the cheese grater
Bannetons.
will they help my boule retain it's shape in the fridge overnight? Because I'm getting frustrated about getting a gorgeous smooth skin and then losing it overnight in the fridge.
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One recipe reckoned on a three hour first prove and the other five! I stuck with the shorter prove as it fit in nicely around a work meeting but it hadn't risen much. Similar with the second prove, I did two hours and a half rather than the 4-8 specified as I wanted to go to bed.
I haven't got a banneton so I went with a floured tea towel and glass bowl. It stuck a bit but the bit left on the tea towel peeled off nicely and made a wee dumpling that I chucked in with the loaf. From reading it sounds like moar flour on the towel is the way forward and rather than clean it like I have I should just scrape off any stuck dough each time and flour again and keep the towel in a bag and it'll get better each time I use it.
Anyway, it is more faff than my normal bread and definitely more faff than my beer bread but it was the best loaf of bread i've made. Ever!
I’ve bought a set off amazon. They’re from over seas though (cause I’m cheap) so I’m not going to get them until next month.
Satans..... hints.....
It was just baked on the baking tray so uncovered the entire time. Did the first half hour on the tray and then five minutes just on the wire shelf. Smelt like it was starting to scorch so whipped it out the but bottom wasn't that done. Think the smell was the loose flour cooking off.Still it came out lovely and fresh from the oven was amazing.
Personally I wouldn't want it much more done. I don't like an overly crusty crust.
In half an hour I'll be able to tell you how well it kept overnight.
Yes, they will help shape it. You'll get some crust on that skin, though, because they allow air exchange, which is actually good! A little crust developing pre-baking is how you get a super crunchy crust.
but otherwise I'm very happy with the rise and colour (I also forgot to add cocoa to get that deep brown. next time).
hmm. i don't really want a super crunchy crust, as my pallette is a delicate flower that screams in agony at rice krispies. only slightly exagerating.
and I've been doing ok with the crust left from the craggy non-boule perfect loaves I've been doing so far, although they are more discus shaped than round.
Maybe i'll just leave well enough alone for the moment.
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If you leave the lid on your Dutch oven, that will keep it steamy and stop it from becoming overly crunchy.
Satans..... hints.....
could use more salt, I thought the ratio looked a little suspect.
It's soft and light but fucking buttery delicious.
Also yesterday I was picking up some dried fruit from a bulk foods store, and there was a little sign saying they had sourdough 3 days a week. So I asked the guy if he sold starter. He looked like nobody had ever asked before. Thought about it for a second, then went and got me 100g of starter in a little container and said "uuuuuh, 2 bucks?"
So now I have a proven active starter.
Need some stuff designed or printed? I can help with that.
I saw at the local store they were selling it for eight bucks a tub. And I mean, I get that it takes time to make starter (I did it myself) but it was like 30 cents of flour, and I’m just like, man, what a rip off.
Satans..... hints.....
What recipe are you working with? I've tried a couple of pullman-specific recipes, but they both ended up denser and more crumbly than I'd prefer.
Here's the recipe I wrote down, this makes a 1100g dough.
50g water
10g sugar
563g flour
200g water
125g milk
63g butter
30g sugar
13g salt
Bloom yeast in 50g water and 10g sugar. This 50 and 10g is inclusive of total amounts of water and sugar.
Dump flour, sugar, salt into bowl of mixer. Stir with paddle until well combined.
Add water and milk and mix until combined. Rest 30 minutes.
After 30 mins add yeast mixture. Mix together with dough hook. When well mixed add room temp butter a cube at a time until each cube disappears.
When mixed and smooth, proof for ~90 minutes until doubled. Punch down, divide dough into 4, roll out, fold and roll each quarter. Lightly spray pan, line up each roll in pan, spirals to the sides. Proof in pan with lid on until dough rises about an inch from the lid. ~40 mins
Bake at 425 for 35 mins
Remove lid, bake at 375 for another 10 mins
Remove from pan and cool on a rack
Need some stuff designed or printed? I can help with that.
Someone on a podcast was complaining they had gone through 7kg of flour trying to keep a starter alive and I’m like man what are you doing to that poor thing
She also complained it was wasteful because you have to throw so much of the starter away as you feed it and again, make pancakes, use it as preferment for a not-quite sourdough, Christ woman you don’t have to chuck all of it. I was starting to wish it was radio so I could call in and yell at her,
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Yeah exactly! Ugh I was so frustrated with this person.