Bryan Fink on Nostr: Just a small loaf to prove to myself a technique works. Last week, I replied to ...
Just a small loaf to prove to myself a technique works.
Last week, I replied to someone, explaining that plain old active baker's yeast can be propagated just like sourdough yeast. Immediately afterward, I read someone talking about doing things the old simple way: just cut a hunk off your loaf right before baking, keep it around, and mix it into whatever dough you make next.
Last week I made a pizza dough. I cut about 75g off before I rolled it out, and put that hunk in a bag in the fridge. Yesterday, I mixed up the ingredients for this loaf, and then tore up the saved hunk and mixed that in instead of fresh active yeast.
It worked! It was a *slow* rise. Slow enough that I really should have planned to disturb it less before baking this morning. But it looks and smells awesome. Now the hard wait for cooling before checking texture and flavor.
#bread #baking
https://cushion.beerriot.com/media/99b796b363912ae4291a9a21670828e6f2fcb86385d8a0e3e445f2ee9d5c46ed.4031B85E-5A6C-4649-9E89-D28F36ADA7EC
Last week, I replied to someone, explaining that plain old active baker's yeast can be propagated just like sourdough yeast. Immediately afterward, I read someone talking about doing things the old simple way: just cut a hunk off your loaf right before baking, keep it around, and mix it into whatever dough you make next.
Last week I made a pizza dough. I cut about 75g off before I rolled it out, and put that hunk in a bag in the fridge. Yesterday, I mixed up the ingredients for this loaf, and then tore up the saved hunk and mixed that in instead of fresh active yeast.
It worked! It was a *slow* rise. Slow enough that I really should have planned to disturb it less before baking this morning. But it looks and smells awesome. Now the hard wait for cooling before checking texture and flavor.
#bread #baking
https://cushion.beerriot.com/media/99b796b363912ae4291a9a21670828e6f2fcb86385d8a0e3e445f2ee9d5c46ed.4031B85E-5A6C-4649-9E89-D28F36ADA7EC