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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: https://postimg.cc/qgxgvMmV 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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On Thu, 25 Oct 2018 14:13:02 -0600, graham > wrote:
>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 > >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 at least your bread came out great! Too bad about the muffins. I hate when a should be trusted recipe turns out uninspired. Janet US |
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On Thu, 25 Oct 2018 14:13:02 -0600, graham > wrote:
>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 Beautiful. |
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![]() "graham" wrote in message news ![]() 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 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 == I made a fruit loaf today. Usually I use just mixed dried fruits. Today for a change I put some nuts in instead of some of the fruit. Not nearly so good. The nuts took away the sweetness we are used to ![]() I won't be doing that again. |
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On 2018-10-25 2:26 PM, Brice wrote:
> On Thu, 25 Oct 2018 14:13:02 -0600, graham > wrote: > >> 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 > > Beautiful. > Thanks! |
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On 2018-10-25 2:16 PM, U.S. Janet B. wrote:
> On Thu, 25 Oct 2018 14:13:02 -0600, graham > wrote: > >> 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 >> >> 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 > > at least your bread came out great! Too bad about the muffins. I > hate when a should be trusted recipe turns out uninspired. > Janet US > Yes, and it was damned expensive! 200g of melted Belgian chocolate and 100g of pistachios in the mix. The most annoying thing was the ganache. I was a bit suspicious of the recipe so cut the cream content by 20% when I should have halved it. I hadn't fed the levain for months and it took 2 feedings to confirm that it was still alive and with the next feeding it really took off. It's getting on for 30 years old. Graham |
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On 2018-10-25 2:36 PM, Ophelia wrote:
> > == > > I made a fruit loaf today.Â* Usually I use just mixed dried fruits. > Today for a change I put some nuts in instead of some of the fruit. > > Not nearly so good.Â* The nuts took away the sweetness we are used to ![]() > > I won't be doing that again. > > Was that a yeast recipe? Adding a bit of honey might have helped. Graham |
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On Thu, 25 Oct 2018 14:13:02 -0600, graham > wrote:
>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 > >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 Looks great, I'll take the little loaf, just right for me ![]() |
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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. |
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On Thu, 25 Oct 2018 16:02:49 -0600, graham > wrote:
>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. Sheesh, that's not one of those twins texting already??? |
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graham wrote:
.... > 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 ~$7 > worth in the ganache!! The cupcakes were a bit dry and it took much more > chocolate to get the ganache to a setting consistency. > The results were unimpressive. However, I'm sure my grandson and > granddaughter will soon polish them off. > I shan't make that recipe again. ganache is just another version of truffle IMO... alter the cream content to suit the application. as for price for good chocolate TJs has it for about 4-6$/lb+ bar. well worth the price. we've been getting away from dark chocolate the past few years but when cooking/recipes call for baking chocolate a few squares of their dark chocolate bars work just as well (they have several %ages). songbird |
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On 10/25/2018 3:26 PM, Brice wrote:
> On Thu, 25 Oct 2018 14:13:02 -0600, graham > wrote: > >> 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 > Beautiful. Â* Thems some damn pretty loaves ! -- Snag Yes , I'm old and crochety - and armed . Get outta my woods ! |
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On Thursday, October 25, 2018 at 3:13:06 PM UTC-5, graham wrote:
> > 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 > > Oh, those do look beautiful! |
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On 2018-10-25 5:05 PM, wrote:
> On Thu, 25 Oct 2018 16:02:49 -0600, graham > wrote: > >> 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. > > Sheesh, that's not one of those twins texting already??? > No! My 14yr old who has hollow legs:-) |
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On 2018-10-25 6:48 PM, wrote:
> On Thursday, October 25, 2018 at 3:13:06 PM UTC-5, graham wrote: >> >> 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 >> >> > Oh, those do look beautiful! > Thanks! |
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On 2018-10-25 5:47 PM, Terry Coombs wrote:
> On 10/25/2018 3:26 PM, Brice wrote: >> On Thu, 25 Oct 2018 14:13:02 -0600, graham > wrote: >> >>> 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 >> Beautiful. > > Â* Thems some damn pretty loaves ! > Thanks! |
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On Thu, 25 Oct 2018 21:36:00 +0100, "Ophelia" >
wrote: > > >"graham" wrote in message news ![]() >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 > >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 > >== > >I made a fruit loaf today. Usually I use just mixed dried fruits. Today >for a change I put some nuts in instead of some of the fruit. > >Not nearly so good. The nuts took away the sweetness we are used to ![]() > >I won't be doing that again. Next time maybe add chopped pitted dates, they add a nutty flavor and a lot of sweetness. |
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On 2018-10-25 5:32 PM, songbird wrote:
> graham wrote: > ... >> 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 ~$7 >> worth in the ganache!! The cupcakes were a bit dry and it took much more >> chocolate to get the ganache to a setting consistency. >> The results were unimpressive. However, I'm sure my grandson and >> granddaughter will soon polish them off. >> I shan't make that recipe again. > > ganache is just another version of truffle IMO... > alter the cream content to suit the application. > > as for price for good chocolate TJs has it for > about 4-6$/lb+ bar. well worth the price. we've > been getting away from dark chocolate the past > few years but when cooking/recipes call for baking > chocolate a few squares of their dark chocolate > bars work just as well (they have several %ages). > > > songbird > In this case, the recipe called for milk chocolate, which I thought was unusual. I bought Callebaut milk chocolate wafers. I've had trouble with ganache recipes in the past and I reviewed many recipes and it seems that for 36% heavy cream, one should use 2-2.5x milk or white chocolate. The trouble with many recipes is that they don't specify the chocolate content, nor the weight of the cream. |
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On Thu, 25 Oct 2018 15:11:27 -0600, graham > wrote:
snip >I hadn't fed the levain for months and it took 2 feedings to confirm >that it was still alive and with the next feeding it really took off. >It's getting on for 30 years old. >Graham you give me hope for my sourdough starter languishing at the back of the fridge. I do have a tiny bit dried starter in the freezer if I can't kick some life into the stuff in the fridge. I just bought myself a new Kitchenaid simply because I wanted the larger bowl. I am excited to get back into bread baking. Janet US |
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"graham" > wrote in message
news ![]() >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 > > 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 Good looking bread. Cheri |
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On Thu, 25 Oct 2018 21:36:00 +0100, "Ophelia" >
wrote: snip > >I made a fruit loaf today. Usually I use just mixed dried fruits. Today >for a change I put some nuts in instead of some of the fruit. > >Not nearly so good. The nuts took away the sweetness we are used to ![]() > >I won't be doing that again. > I'm with you on the no nuts in the fruit loaf. It detracts from the sweetness. |
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On 2018-10-25 8:01 PM, U.S. Janet B. wrote:
> On Thu, 25 Oct 2018 15:11:27 -0600, graham > wrote: > > snip > >> I hadn't fed the levain for months and it took 2 feedings to confirm >> that it was still alive and with the next feeding it really took off. >> It's getting on for 30 years old. >> Graham > > you give me hope for my sourdough starter languishing at the back of > the fridge. I do have a tiny bit dried starter in the freezer if I > can't kick some life into the stuff in the fridge. I just bought > myself a new Kitchenaid simply because I wanted the larger bowl. I am > excited to get back into bread baking. > Janet US > I've also just started again after a long break:-) I bought a KA Artisan a while back to replace the old Kenwood for cake making. I still use the Bosch for bread as it can handle large amounts of dough without getting even warm. My neglected levain, which I keep at ~65% hydration for French-style pain-au-levain, had partially dehydrated to the consistency of window putty with a grey top surface. I thought it was a goner but it revived.I took some of the restored levain and made a second starter with the US style sourdough 100% hydration. I haven't used that yet. |
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On 2018-10-25 8:02 PM, Cheri wrote:
> "graham" > wrote in message > news ![]() >> 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 >> >> 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 > > > Good looking bread. > > Cheri Thanks! It tastes OK too. |
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"graham" > wrote in message
news ![]() > On 2018-10-25 8:02 PM, Cheri wrote: >> "graham" > wrote in message >> news ![]() >>> 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 >>> >>> 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 >> >> >> Good looking bread. >> >> Cheri > Thanks! It tastes OK too. I bet it does! It made me hungry to see them. I was picturing a nice slice with good butter. ![]() Cheri |
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![]() "graham" wrote in message news ![]() On 2018-10-25 2:36 PM, Ophelia wrote: > > == > > I made a fruit loaf today. Usually I use just mixed dried fruits. > Today for a change I put some nuts in instead of some of the fruit. > > Not nearly so good. The nuts took away the sweetness we are used to ![]() > > I won't be doing that again. > > Was that a yeast recipe? Adding a bit of honey might have helped. Graham == Yes it was a yeast recipe! Hmmm good idea. I might try thank. Thanks ![]() |
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![]() wrote in message ... On Thu, 25 Oct 2018 21:36:00 +0100, "Ophelia" > wrote: > > >"graham" wrote in message news ![]() >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 > >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 > >== > >I made a fruit loaf today. Usually I use just mixed dried fruits. Today >for a change I put some nuts in instead of some of the fruit. > >Not nearly so good. The nuts took away the sweetness we are used to ![]() > >I won't be doing that again. Next time maybe add chopped pitted dates, they add a nutty flavor and a lot of sweetness. == That's an idea. Thanks ![]() |
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![]() "Cheri" wrote in message news ![]() "graham" > wrote in message news ![]() >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 > > 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 Good looking bread. Cheri == Everything he makes looks good ![]() |
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![]() "U.S. Janet B." wrote in message ... On Thu, 25 Oct 2018 21:36:00 +0100, "Ophelia" > wrote: snip > >I made a fruit loaf today. Usually I use just mixed dried fruits. Today >for a change I put some nuts in instead of some of the fruit. > >Not nearly so good. The nuts took away the sweetness we are used to ![]() > >I won't be doing that again. > I'm with you on the no nuts in the fruit loaf. It detracts from the sweetness. == Yes it did ![]() ![]() |
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On Fri, 26 Oct 2018 08:48:20 +0100, "Ophelia" >
wrote: > > >"Cheri" wrote in message news ![]() >"graham" > wrote in message >news ![]() >>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 >> >> 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 > > >Good looking bread. > >Cheri > >== > >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. |
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![]() "Brice" wrote in message ... On Fri, 26 Oct 2018 08:48:20 +0100, "Ophelia" > wrote: > > >"Cheri" wrote in message news ![]() >"graham" > wrote in message >news ![]() >>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 >> >> 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 > > >Good looking bread. > >Cheri > >== > >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. == Oh go on!! You know you want to ![]() |
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On Fri, 26 Oct 2018 09:44:09 +0100, "Ophelia" >
wrote: > > >"Brice" wrote in message ... > >On Fri, 26 Oct 2018 08:48:20 +0100, "Ophelia" > >wrote: > >> >> >>"Cheri" wrote in message news ![]() >>"graham" > wrote in message >>news ![]() >>>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 >>> >>> 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 >> >> >>Good looking bread. >> >>Cheri >> >>== >> >>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. > >== > >Oh go on!! You know you want to ![]() Yes, that's the problem ![]() |
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![]() "Brice" wrote in message ... On Fri, 26 Oct 2018 09:44:09 +0100, "Ophelia" > wrote: > > >"Brice" wrote in message .. . > >On Fri, 26 Oct 2018 08:48:20 +0100, "Ophelia" > >wrote: > >> >> >>"Cheri" wrote in message news ![]() >>"graham" > wrote in message >>news ![]() >>>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 >>> >>> 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 >> >> >>Good looking bread. >> >>Cheri >> >>== >> >>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. > >== > >Oh go on!! You know you want to ![]() Yes, that's the problem ![]() == So why not?? Oh trust me, it is worth it ![]() Do report back with a pic of your loaf ;p |
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On Fri, 26 Oct 2018 10:35:41 +0100, "Ophelia" >
wrote: >"Brice" wrote in message ... > >On Fri, 26 Oct 2018 09:44:09 +0100, "Ophelia" > >wrote: > >> >> >>"Brice" wrote in message . .. >> >>On Fri, 26 Oct 2018 08:48:20 +0100, "Ophelia" > >>wrote: >> >>> >>> >>>"Cheri" wrote in message news ![]() >>>"graham" > wrote in message >>>news ![]() >>>>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 >>>> >>>> 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 >>> >>> >>>Good looking bread. >>> >>>Cheri >>> >>>== >>> >>>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. >> >>== >> >>Oh go on!! You know you want to ![]() > >Yes, that's the problem ![]() > >== > >So why not?? Oh trust me, it is worth it ![]() > >Do report back with a pic of your loaf ;p Sourdough's such a commitment and I hate kneeding dough. But I love the end result ![]() |
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![]() "Brice" wrote in message ... On Fri, 26 Oct 2018 10:35:41 +0100, "Ophelia" > wrote: >"Brice" wrote in message .. . > >On Fri, 26 Oct 2018 09:44:09 +0100, "Ophelia" > >wrote: > >> >> >>"Brice" wrote in message . .. >> >>On Fri, 26 Oct 2018 08:48:20 +0100, "Ophelia" > >>wrote: >> >>> >>> >>>"Cheri" wrote in message news ![]() >>>"graham" > wrote in message >>>news ![]() >>>>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 >>>> >>>> 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 >>> >>> >>>Good looking bread. >>> >>>Cheri >>> >>>== >>> >>>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. >> >>== >> >>Oh go on!! You know you want to ![]() > >Yes, that's the problem ![]() > >== > >So why not?? Oh trust me, it is worth it ![]() > >Do report back with a pic of your loaf ;p Sourdough's such a commitment and I hate kneeding dough. But I love the end result ![]() == See? You do know it's worth it ![]() Go on! You know you want to ![]() |
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On Fri, 26 Oct 2018 10:55:28 +0100, "Ophelia" >
wrote: >"Brice" wrote in message ... > >On Fri, 26 Oct 2018 10:35:41 +0100, "Ophelia" > >wrote: > >>"Brice" wrote in message . .. >> >>On Fri, 26 Oct 2018 09:44:09 +0100, "Ophelia" > >>wrote: >> >>>"Brice" wrote in message ... >>> >>>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. >>> >>>== >>> >>>Oh go on!! You know you want to ![]() >> >>Yes, that's the problem ![]() >> >>== >> >>So why not?? Oh trust me, it is worth it ![]() >> >>Do report back with a pic of your loaf ;p > >Sourdough's such a commitment and I hate kneeding dough. But I love >the end result ![]() > >== > >See? You do know it's worth it ![]() > >Go on! You know you want to ![]() Yes, maybe ![]() |
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> > "Breece" wrote: > 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. > > == > > Oh go on!! You know you want to ![]() Hell, he's probably never baked it in the first place. ![]() He might not want to kill the tiny sourdough starter kids. He never cooks. His wife does it all. Don't let him fool you. |
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On Thu, 25 Oct 2018 19:12:15 -0600, graham > wrote:
>On 2018-10-25 5:05 PM, wrote: >> On Thu, 25 Oct 2018 16:02:49 -0600, graham > wrote: >> >>> 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. >> >> Sheesh, that's not one of those twins texting already??? >> >No! My 14yr old who has hollow legs:-) Lol - it's amazing what it takes to fill them up ![]() |
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On Thu, 25 Oct 2018 20:01:31 -0600, U.S. Janet B. >
wrote: >On Thu, 25 Oct 2018 15:11:27 -0600, graham > wrote: > >snip > >>I hadn't fed the levain for months and it took 2 feedings to confirm >>that it was still alive and with the next feeding it really took off. >>It's getting on for 30 years old. >>Graham > >you give me hope for my sourdough starter languishing at the back of >the fridge. I do have a tiny bit dried starter in the freezer if I >can't kick some life into the stuff in the fridge. I just bought >myself a new Kitchenaid simply because I wanted the larger bowl. I am >excited to get back into bread baking. >Janet US I have already baked with one I revived after a good 6+ months of hiding itself in the back of the fridge. One thing I do recommend with starter rescue is to take only one spoonful of the old stuff, use that in a clean container with fresh flour and water and chuck all the rest of the old starter. If it is revivable at all, you only need a very small amount of seed starter. |
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