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Default Baking session - mixed results



"Brice" wrote in message ...

On Fri, 26 Oct 2018 09:44:09 +0100, "Ophelia" >
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>"Brice" wrote in message
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>On Fri, 26 Oct 2018 08:48:20 +0100, "Ophelia" >
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>>"Cheri" wrote in message news >>
>>"graham" > wrote in message
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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))

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>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.
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>Oh go on!! You know you want to )


Yes, that's the problem

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So why not?? Oh trust me, it is worth it)

Do report back with a pic of your loaf ;p