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Help with wild sourdough bread baking??
Nov. 21st, 2010 04:07 pmHey all,
I know many of you work with wild sourdough, and I've started my own starter and am on my third attempted loaf.
I've been working off of this recipe - which is really more of a guideline - and I'm running into some problems. Mainly, the loaf is not rising much, even when I let it rise under heated conditions, or for a very long time. What does rise tends to spread out rather than puff up, and the dough, which initially feels almost too dense, becomes wet and sticky and hard to handle.
I'm about to put the third in the oven, and it's looking a little better than the first two, but it definitely spread out a lot. I put oil in the bowl this time so I'd be able to fish it out and hold it together more easily.
The bread that comes out has tasty crust and tends to be tasty all through, but the middle is usually bunched up and inedible.
Thoughts, bakers?
I know many of you work with wild sourdough, and I've started my own starter and am on my third attempted loaf.
I've been working off of this recipe - which is really more of a guideline - and I'm running into some problems. Mainly, the loaf is not rising much, even when I let it rise under heated conditions, or for a very long time. What does rise tends to spread out rather than puff up, and the dough, which initially feels almost too dense, becomes wet and sticky and hard to handle.
I'm about to put the third in the oven, and it's looking a little better than the first two, but it definitely spread out a lot. I put oil in the bowl this time so I'd be able to fish it out and hold it together more easily.
The bread that comes out has tasty crust and tends to be tasty all through, but the middle is usually bunched up and inedible.
Thoughts, bakers?
