On Fri, 26 Oct 2018 08:48:20 +0100, "Ophelia" >
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>"Cheri" wrote in message news >
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>>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:
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>> https://postimg.cc/qgxgvMmV
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>> 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
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>Good looking bread.
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>Cheri
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>Everything he makes looks good))

He has to stop posting pictures like that, otherwise I'll feel the
need to start baking sourdough bread again. And I don't want to.