I attended a sourdough baking course yesterday, and this is the result - hot out of the cast iron pot.
I’m usually on the consuming side of things, so it was nice to get a chance to learn the process and make it along a proper baker (although kneading by hand was a tough workout!).
I’ll let it cool off a bit, and then get a slice with some cold salty butter :)
Deeper scoring too, but this is fantastic! Sourdough is not easy.
Thanks a lot! I agree, I was afraid to go too deep on the scoring. Our baker on the course had a cool scalpel like tool with just the right height on the blade, but at home I was limited to knives and scissors and I sort of errored on the side of caution.
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Yeah, I actually had the dough in a proofing basket we got at the course (on our 3 hr drive home), which worked great. Ah right, TIL of bread lames, that’s what our instructor had :)
I definitely feel that. Scoring deeply is pretty safe, I was always afraid of knocking gas out though with thicker knives or scissors.
If you like baking then id suggest buying a lame. I have this one and very happy with it but any razor really works.
https://www.amazon.com/Sourdough-Slashing-Replacement-Authentic-Protector/dp/B01LY7NDQ9/ref=mp_s_a_1_3?crid=QTX7EPWSUF0G&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.TI18sT49--iYlkrMQ-nDBsXL7j2LKx_KJXeZRXg_GMQFlCoBud-l211y0xx_zwUmYT7RVesqK64C7QoRreywBaZAPu-19Mdg040vALW-Jbwfa7wdcsIVdGftdNdL-XoMLQMIN4fnNk1JxnHD7Vt2-9rC28dHB5AqWXbhWWQwUj__imSlAPerqBkfeBnQ1Z4PoRvYl0FeqsOt0DYSIxAMXA.2Sz8dqE0xOj8IZoq-JdvOFVdkDEpgR2KvhBpPfSvcQ4&dib_tag=se&keywords=lame&qid=1717350726&sprefix=lam%2Caps%2C164&sr=8-3
Fair warning though I got really depressed and stopped baking so probably trust other bakers more than I 😅
That looks great, thanks for the suggestion! Hope you’re getting better, I’ve had simliar periods in my life.
You didn’t like the butt cheek scoring?
Be fitting for my level of creativity I suppose :D
😂 maybe it just needs bigger junk in the trunk