On 2018-10-25 3:48 PM, Wayne Boatwright wrote:
> On Thu 25 Oct 2018 01:13:02p, graham told us...
>
>> I decided to have a baking session yesterday. I had discovered
>> that my sourdough levain had gone really dormant and it took a few
>> feedings to get it up to strength. I then made a poolish with all
>> the water and half of the flour with some of the levain and left
>> it overnight. I made the dough in the morning and while it was
>> proofing, I went to the store to get the ingredients for some
>> chocolate-pistachio-cranberry muffins. In the relatively short
>> time I was out, the dough almost tripled in volume indicating a
>> now healthy levain. I made 3 loaves:
>>
>> https://postimg.cc/qgxgvMmV
>
> The bread looks yummy! Pefect loaves!
>
>> Then I made the muffins following a recipe from the British
>> Bake-Off competition. I followed the recipe very carefully. $7
>> worth of pistachios and about $11 worth of chocolate in the mix
>> and another ~$7 worth in the ganache!! The cupcakes were a bit dry
>> and it took much more chocolate to get the ganache to a setting
>> consistency. The results were unimpressive. However, I'm sure my
>> grandson and granddaughter will soon polish them off.
>> I shan't make that recipe again.
>> Graham
>>
>
> It is disappointing when a delicious recipes doesn't come off as
> expected. Thwy sounded delicious.
>
>
They are delicious but not as much as they should be. Grandson texted me
to say the ganash is great.