Bread ****

[Alastair70]

Haven't bread baked in a while, the sourdough starter has been kept active knocking out pizza dough all summer. Finally got round to doing a Ken Forkish Overnight Country Brown this weekend. Baked in the indoor oven as I was brewing too. Could have done with another 5 minutes in the oven for extra colour but I had to pull it out as it was time to chill the wort and pitch.

 

[The-Engineer-That-Brews]

Haven't bread baked in a while, the sourdough starter has been kept active knocking out pizza dough all summer. Finally got round to doing a Ken Forkish Overnight Country Brown this weekend. Baked in the indoor oven as I was brewing too. Could have done with another 5 minutes in the oven for extra colour but I had to pull it out as it was time to chill the wort and pitch.

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Looks good to me
Currently waiting for my SD loaf to finish rising - about another 30mins to go I reckon...

 

[The-Engineer-That-Brews]

Turned out OK… I think it proved a bit fast in today’s warm weather so I couldn’t slash the top properly

 

[The-Engineer-That-Brews]

Decided to make rolls for a change... and in case you're wondering where the twelfth one is... it's on a plate, slathered in butter Mmmmmmmmmm

 

[Skippi]

Decided to make rolls for a change... and in case you're wondering where the twelfth one is... it's on a plate, slathered in butter Mmmmmmmmmm

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They look great.

Out of interest - Did you need to adjust the temperature or timing for the rolls compared to say a full sized cob / loaf ?

 

[Hazelwood Brewery]

Decided to make rolls for a change... and in case you're wondering where the twelfth one is... it's on a plate, slathered in butter Mmmmmmmmmm

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Looking beautiful, I could tuck into that lot right now with a bit of cheese and lashing of salted butter.

 

[The-Engineer-That-Brews]

They look great.

:hat: Thanks - yes, I'm pleased with those (first attempt too).
Went well with dinner, and I'm thinking they will freeze easier than a loaf.

Out of interest - Did you need to adjust the temperature or timing for the rolls compared to say a full sized cob / loaf ?

I left the temp the same but reduced the timing... I gave these 10 mins at 220ºc fan plus 15 mins at 200c and they seemed about right...

(incidentally the dough was 1kg of flour, 600ml warmed milk, 1tbsp melted butter and 20g salt - for a dozen rolls)

 

[The-Engineer-That-Brews]

Looking beautiful, I could tuck into that lot right now with a bit of cheese and lashing of salted butter.

Me too ... and four have already gone

 

[Alastair70]

Trying out a new recipe from YouTube by JoyRideCoffee. This one had 5minutes too long in the oven but hadn’t actually suffered as a consequence.

 

[The-Engineer-That-Brews]

Trying out a new recipe from YouTube by JoyRideCoffee. This one had 5minutes too long in the oven but hadn’t actually suffered as a consequence.
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Looks good - decent structure. Reminds me I haven’t used my cane banneton for a looong time… gives a really nice pattern :-)

 

[Eskimo John]

An inspiring thread. I must make bread again in 2022.

 

[Eskimo John]

Today I am living up to the above post and making a sour dough loaf using the Tescos sour dough mix. Let's see how it goes...

 

[Eskimo John]

And this is it....

 

[RichardM]

And this is it....View attachment 61197

We need a photo after you have cut a slice from it.

 

[user 41945]

We need a photo after you have cut a slice from it.

But before you've eaten it...

Didn't know Tesco did a sourdough mix. Might give it a go, easier than reviving my starter I imagine.

 

[Eskimo John]

Too late....
However I wasn't that impressed. It didn't rise as much as I would have liked, but more importantly I found it a bit on the sweet side.

 

[foxy]

Has anyone tried using malt flour? I tried grinding up pale ale malt and it didn't go well made the bread stodgy. Malted rye came out well but doesn't need much. I would just like to capture the malt taste that is often found in some of the continental bread.

 

[Alastair70]

@foxy I've used Dove's Malthouse quite a lot in sourdoughs, substituting around 10% of the white flour. It makes for a very tasty loaf.

I've now done half a dozen loaves with the JoyRideCoffee method, but I'm struggling to get the same oven spring as I did before. If anyone wants to try it, here's the process.

12 mid-day
Autolyse 375g white flour, 65g spelt flour and 340ml water for 3 hours

3pm
Mix in 88g starter, rest for 30 minutes
3.30pm
Mix in 10g salt, rest for 30 minutes

4pm
Kneed for 10 minutes (I've found this dough hard to work and resorted to using the KitchenAid)

4.30-6.30pm
3 coil folds in first hour
I'll usually get a couple of laminations then a couple more folds in second and third hour.
Shape and place in banneton

17 hour ****** in fridge

Bake 11.30am following day

Here's todays attempt at this method, a wholemeal brown. Very tasty, but a tad overproofed and lacking spring.

 

[The-Engineer-That-Brews]

Funny you should mention using malted @foxy @Alastair70 because I couldn't get my normal flour this week (Duchy organic strong white) so I made a sourdough loaf today with the Duchy malted wholegrain which has a similar protein level. Just cut the first slice and it's pretty good - about the same rise as normal. Nice dark rustic looking crust, and a soft crumb. Think I'll be making it again :-)

1.5 kg loaf.

 

[Alastair70]

I definitely get a lot more oven spring with the Ken Forkish method compared to Joy Ride Coffee one. I must work out if the hydration is lower on this on making it easier to work the dough.
This week, 2/3 strong white flour and 1/3 Doves Malthouse.