I've been nurturing a sourdough culture for the past few months (I've named her Hedwig) and today tried to make a sourdough rustic loaf. Perhaps I borrowed trouble by mixing recipes. The one that come with the sourdough starter from which Hedwig was born seemed too simplistic. So I consulted my Bread book. The Bread book is still over my head but I dove into the middle of it and found a sourdough pain au levain that sounded promising and followed those instructions with the ingredients of the simpler recipe. I even threw in the stand mixer to do the kneading for me which I'd never tried before.
What I ended up with was a soft, sticky, gooey dough that spread out over the entire pan threatening to be a pizza. It's now compost.
Sunday, September 27, 2009
Sourdough Failure #1
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