the crust is too soft
take out of tin and bake another 15 minutes, people tend to undercook bread nowadays
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PeelerSheila@aussie.zone â¨3⊠â¨weeks⊠ago
Baked a loaf this morning before work after proving overnight. I canât believe how soft the crumb is for a sourdough. Of course now itâs mostly gone đ
Seagoon_@aussie.zone â¨3⊠â¨weeks⊠ago
PeelerSheila@aussie.zone â¨3⊠â¨weeks⊠ago
It was perfect for me, any harder and a) my knife wouldnât have been up to the job and b) the oldest 2 members of the household canât chew it đ¤Ł. I know some people like their bread super crusty but we just canât do it at our place đ
Eagle@aussie.zone â¨3⊠â¨weeks⊠ago
Well done! Iâve never been able to master the overnight proving, it ends up walking everywhere!
Thornburywitch@aussie.zone â¨3⊠â¨weeks⊠ago
Chuck the bowl in the crisper drawer of your fridge. 12 hours is about right for fridge proving. This assumes that your fridge is 6 deg C consistently.
PeelerSheila@aussie.zone â¨3⊠â¨weeks⊠ago
This was the method I tried first and just couldnât get it to work. Way too dense and no lift. Iâve made a lot of pizza and cake in my time so I started treating it like a combination of both of those and it worked fine. Well, it makes a loaf that we enjoy eating anyway.
Eagle@aussie.zone â¨3⊠â¨weeks⊠ago
It never works, its like it goes into the fridge and stops proving all together. Its okay if I want a Frisbee of sourdough, not a loaf. I might be putting it in too early but Iâm happy to benchtop prove for now.
PeelerSheila@aussie.zone â¨3⊠â¨weeks⊠ago
Same goes for me. I just couldnât get it to work or make the kind of loaf that we all can enjoy.
PeelerSheila@aussie.zone â¨3⊠â¨weeks⊠ago
My starter wants to take over the world đ¤Ł