A tiny diary for my bread experiments.
Posts
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Focaccia Di Sicilia (blood Orange + Olive Focaccia)
This recipe won the Great Durham Bake Off and I would love to share it with people who are interested. It looks like a lot of work but you can omit the cured olives and just make a “normal-ass focaccia” and it’ll still be good.
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Sourdough Coffee Cake
I know, I didn’t think it would work either. This recipe is adapted from this one at TheSpruceEats with some major modifications. Namely, I didn’t actually have vegetable oil, and I got spooked by a comment on the recipe that claimed it was very dry.
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Low Hydration Monster Loaf
This is a continuing experiment in low-hydration sourdough. Turns out that by being careful and methodical in your mixing and hydration, you can get beautiful open crumb even from a 65% or lower loaf. The proof is in the pictures:
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75 Percent
2019-08-17
Ingredients
- 380g leaven
- 92 g hi-maize
- 860 g unbleached ap flour
- 620g water
- 50g water
- sea salt