Sourdough

[nex0s]

I got up this morning, made us coffee, read LJ, and made sourdough pancakes with the levain my friend gave me. Oh! Sooooo yummy. I used this recipe but used a whole cup of Silk which I think was too much. That said - they had a really lovely *light* texture, and an intriguing flavor. I actually liked them much better with a thin smear of homemade

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[nex0s]

think it may be my fault that your levain is gooey and mushy, because I gave it to you that way.

Nah. The first day I got it home - before I got your email - I fed it just dough FLOUR and stuck it in the 'fridge and had a nice stiff levain. It's the HUGE amount of water that gets added to it. The recipe you sent me says 1 1/3 cups H2O, and 1 1/3 cups of flour. I think it is too much water. Next time I will use less and see how that works.

But really, it's fine. Everything is rising and the levain is healthy so who cares :)

The boule recipe calls for a metric fuckton of fruit and nuts and I could only fit half of them in the dough I have.

There's something a bit wonky. Either my dough isn't as big as it's supposed to be for all that fruit & nuts (3 cups TOTAL) or the teacher has a tendency to write out a HUGE amount for certain stuff (water, nuts) because he's used to making bigger batches.

It's probably my dough. It looks nice though!

This *is* a long process though. I started a bit later than I meant to, and at these rising rates, my bread's not getting baked until 7 or 8 tonight!

N.

[la_directora]

No, that much fruit/nut mix really does fit into the dough. The trick he taught in class that he doesn't mention in the instructions, which I thought was REALLY cool, is to put the fruit and nuts in, don't worry too much about mixing it in well, and then let the dough rise AROUND the fruit and nuts. I've ALWAYS had a problem getting the right amount of fruit and nuts into a loaf with every recipe I've ever used that had 'em. With that trick, now I know how to do it.

I'm sure your bread with less will turn out fabulously. (It certainly LOOKS awesome.) But if you decide to do it again, that's what I would suggest.