Sunday, 17 June 2012

A lesson learned


I knew from the beginning that this loaf wasn't going to turn out well. It was very flabby after the second rising, didn't take slashing well, lost any structure when it went onto the hot pizza stone and then sort of burped it's way through the baking process.

When it came out of the oven it had oozed into a flattish spongy blob, it was very heavy and, when cut, had reasonable texture and taste but not much zing.

Lesson learned: stick to Dan's instructions, don't rush the measuring and follow the rules.

C'est la vie.

1 comment:

  1. The next one will be better. And the one after that even better still! :) It's hard to slash the really wet doughs - the cuts seem to disappear when the dough goes into the oven. Sometimes dusting the top with rye flour helps to keep some of the definition...

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