First Crack at Sourdough Baguettes

[treesmacker]

Nailed it! This is just delicious. Very nice and chewy, the crust breaks up into wonderful crunchy crystals in the chew, and the crumb is soft and delicate. That's my story and I'm sticking to it!

I loosely followed the instructions in the link below... formed the rolls about 10:30 last night and placed them out in my trailer overnight; the temp in there was 51F last night and cooled to 47F by morning. Baked direct from cold without bringing to room temp. Placed three rolled up towels with boiling water poured over them in the bottom of oven for the first 20 minutes at 450F.

We ate this with some fried eggs this morning, fresh and warm... sooooo good.

http://userealbutter.com/2018/04/23/sourdough-baguettes-recipe/#recipe

[marshall]

Nice work Looks outstanding !!!

[Steve B]

Sooo when are you opening up your new Bake Shop???

I'm not a hugh bread fan but those look fantastic.

[RonB]

They look great.

[Mark V]

Great job, they look perfect.

[tbob4]

I have said it before - the bakers in this group always blow me away. Great job!

[Uncle Bob]

Those look fantastic!!

[HawkerXP]

I love good baguettes! Just some melted butter. Or dipped in tomato sauce and sprinkled with cheese of choice.

[Cheef]

Man oh MAN those look amazing!

[Willy]

Thanks for this! Looks like a baguette should be in my future.

[troymeister]

Outstanding!!!

[chudzikb]

Wow, that looks great! I can do that! Might be slightly different with a slightly different technique, but, will make it work, thanks for the inspiration.

[chudzikb]

Bought em! Will get on this project over the Tday break.

[chudzikb]

How did you cover the dough when proofing? Once on the cotton cloth, cover with plastic? You used outside, which is viable now as temps are dropping. In the summer would you use the fridge? I am probably going to start this process this evening. And why the wet towels instead of just a pan of water, not asking to be dumb, just curious if there is a reason and why it is superior?

[treesmacker]

chudzikb now you are trying to make me remember... I guess I need more pictures or better notes... I think I did like the author said and slipped them into a small thin garbage bag for the cold proof. For the wet towels, it is what I read on the net. I'm thinking if they are rolled specially it would expose more surface area for steam evaporation than just the flat surface of a pan of water.

[Econ]

Looks really great and also very fluffy.

[Bkhuna]

Very impressive. Wish you were my neighbor. I'm sure I could barter something for some of those.

[Skip]

Very nice Baguettes for sure!