September 27, 2020
Experiments in watercolor and pastel!
A Tale of Sourdough
Hello! Before I went to Las Vegas for our Christmas family trip, I used this book to try out a sourdough starter recipe. I coddled this starter for several (eight!!!!) days, following the directions as best I could. The starter bubbled and smelled very sour - I was hopeful!
Finally the day came to make the dough. The directions said to take it out of the refrigerator (where it was in a "firm dough" stage), break it up into six pieces (no more or less :) ) and mix it up with the dough ingredients.
After a rise, a rest in the garage overnight and another rise the next day, they looked like the above picture.
And then I baked them. They looked beautiful!
I only cut myself three times with the bread knife as it slipped over the hard crust. It looked pretty in the middle. Rather heavy, like it didn't really rise that much. And, bummer, not really sour! :(
Still, it made a wonderful soup bowl. And I'll just have to try, try again...
After a rise, a rest in the garage overnight and another rise the next day, they looked like the above picture.
And then I baked them. They looked beautiful!
I only cut myself three times with the bread knife as it slipped over the hard crust. It looked pretty in the middle. Rather heavy, like it didn't really rise that much. And, bummer, not really sour! :(
Still, it made a wonderful soup bowl. And I'll just have to try, try again...
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