Thunder77 - I had another thought - try adding one or two tablespoons of vital wheat gluten to the recipe. It will help with the rise, but you may have to add a bit more water to compensate.
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I had another dough fail at bulk fermentation, so I decided to walk before running. Forkish Overnight White, third bread in the book. white flour, water, salt, yeast. Overnight ferment, hour proof, cast iron pot, 475* with lid on for 30 minutes, lid off for 20. Winner.
So, the Forkish technique for avoiding blow out and not razoring is to put the seam side up.
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Both the crust and crumb look great Potkettleblack. Way to go - er - bake.
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Nice looking loaf Potkettleblack ...👍. Your crumb is fantastic!
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MBMorgan ...
"Next time, I'm going to try something that Forkish does. Like us, he uses a small amount of levain and lets his dough bulk ferment in the tub overnight ... but at room temperature rather than in the fridge. After 12-14 hours of bulk fermentation, he then forms his loaves and proofs them in a banneton until they pass the poke test, then bakes them."
Is Mr Forkish doing a pre-ferment with 1/2 of the flour and an equal amount of water, with a little starter? Or is he mixing the entire recipe together and letting it ferment overnight at room temp before forming and final shaping?
Ive done the pre-ferment with just half of the flour and an equal weight of water with very little starter. I let it ferment for 12/16 hours and then add the rest of the flour and enough water to bring it up to the hydration percentage that I want. I mix that to a shaggy state and autolyse it for a half hour. Then I add the salt and do the slap and folds, stretch and folds and final shaping. Then you can either put it in the fridge for an overnight nap or bake it after final proofing.
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Originally posted by Breadhead View Post[USER="8803"]Is Mr Forkish doing a pre-ferment with 1/2 of the flour and an equal amount of water, with a little starter? Or is he mixing the entire recipe together and letting it ferment overnight at room temp before forming and final shaping?
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Thunder77 - another thought, (and I think I am out of thoughts for the week... LOL). I believe that Peter Reinhardt sez in at least one of his books that you will get a higher rise by machine kneading the dough because you get a better mix. All I can say is that I knead by machine until almost done and then finish by hand. That works for me - YMMV
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Man! You guys are killing me with the pics of your loaves! I'm going to have to start doing this.
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Originally posted by JCBBQ View PostMan! You guys are killing me with the pics of your loaves! I'm going to have to start doing this.
There's a very short learning curve as you will find by reading the thread. Many have made very nice loaves of bread on their very first try.👍
This is the way bread was made 1000's of years ago before some chemist figured out how to dry yeast and put it in little 7 gram packets. It used to be that every family had someone that made this type of bread. Now... It's finding a revival after after about a 100 years of becoming a lost craft.
After you perfect the the processes and techniques you will blow your friends and family's minds with good old fashion Artisan Sourdough bread that they cannot buy anywhere else. Commercial bakers don't make this kind of bread because it takes to long. It slows down their production and they can't make a profit on it.
The good thing is it's just like BBQ... Very little hands on time goes into making it, it's mostly waiting for something to happen.
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Breadhead and MBMorgan This loaf came from a desire to make any damn bread. That desire came from a second consecutive failure during bulk fermentation towards the Overnight Country Blonde from Forkish's book. I decided that, rather than take a third run at it and want to kill something (probably Alain Levain), I'd make one from the first chapter of recipes. Since I didn't like the idea of the 75% overnight whole wheat (and in retrospect, I could have tweaked that down to 25% or whatever the ratio was in Overnight Country Blonde), I went with Overnight White, as it was four basic ingredients, didn't use a pre-ferment or a levain, would be a good first step, like I'd initially planned but never got around to doing.
At any rate, giving his constant problem with molds and his failure to produce anything, and my upcoming break from heavy carb consumption, I'm gonna put Alain out of his misery tonight. Vaguely sad about it, but he has it coming. Or I do, but I'm not about to put me out of my misery over 20# of flour with no bread.
My next step, likely for Thanksgiving, will be to do one of the pre-ferment recipes from the book, either one of the poolish ones or one of the biga ones. ONWB, the loaf above gave me more confidence in working my way up through the book, rather than starting towards the back. So, yeah, a preferment without the long attachment of a full starter, that's the next project. Then, the next bread will involve a new starter, who will be named Homer (because of the D'oh/dough double entendre), and some commercial yeast. And bread #4, assuming #'s 2 & 3 work as well as #1 did, will be a pure levain bread. Baby steps.
But yeah, BH, this was very satisfying and I got a very nice crumb... moist and light at the same time.
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Originally posted by Potkettleblack View PostThis loaf came from a desire to make any damn bread.
Like you, I plan to work systematically through various recipes and schedules until I find one or more that can be successfully adapted to baking in Colorado.
As a side note, when reading Ken Forkish's book, he said he considered several locations before settling on Portland. I find myself wishing he had gone with Boulder, CO instead because I could simply make the short drive and simply ask him.
Good luck with the low carb diet. I tried that once (the South Beach diet as I recall) and it ultimately just made me ill. Perhaps you'll have a more positive experience.
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MBMorgan ... These videos by Chef Jacob Burton will help you with your high altitude baking. These 3 videos I would suggest viewing them in the order he has them on this page. Watch the first and then scroll down to second, etc.
https://stellaculinary.com/cooking-v...ce-tips-tricks
He is in Truckee, Ca and bakes at 6000 feet elevation.
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Originally posted by Breadhead View PostMBMorgan ... These videos by Chef Jacob Burton will help you with your high altitude baking. These 3 videos I would suggest viewing them in the order he has them on this page. Watch the first and then scroll down to second, etc.
https://stellaculinary.com/cooking-v...ce-tips-tricks
He is in Truckee, Ca and bakes at 6000 feet elevation.
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FOR LEAN DOUGH BREADS
In my experience, bread recipes don't usually need to be adjusted for altitude. But remember, everything rises faster at altitude, so if you're having issue with your bread, here are a few things to play around with:- Because bread will rise and proof faster at altitude due to less atmospheric pressure, try slowing down the fermentation by placing it in a cooler room.
- Air at altitude is much drier, so be sure to cover your bread with plastic wrap during bulk fermentation and proofing to prevent if from drying out. For more in-depth information on bread baking, listen the Stella Culinary School Podcast starting at episode 19, and then watch the videos in our Bread Baking Video Index.
- If you're using commercial yeast and you find your bread is rising too quickly at altitude, try reducing the total amount of yeast by 25%.
- If you're having issues with your bread drying out at altitude, raise the hydration rate by about 5% based on the baker's percentage.
He doesn't quantify the effect of altitude on room temp rising/proofing (but I bet he could) ... but I think I've got one sorted out. It's those overnight ferments and/or proofs that are still giving me fits. I'll definitely resort to posting a question or two over at StellaCulinary.com to see what he or the other breadheads have to say.
Thanks again!
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Great idea! I ask Chef Jacob questions all the time. He always explains them in a way that I can understand. He is a great teacher. He's making lots of bread at 6000 feet. I bet he can walk you through it quickly.Last edited by Breadhead; September 6, 2016, 02:23 PM.
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Pretty happy with today's loaf:
This one is pretty much all Ken Forkish ... recipe, technique, and schedule. It's a White Bread with Poolish pre-ferment. The only change I made to his recipe is the poolish. He likes to make up a fresh all-white flour poolish the night before ... but I have a perfectly healthy 200g Chef Jacob-style 1/2 white + 1/2 whole wheat poolish that I adapted to the Forkish recipe. Basically, the afternoon before, instead of the usual dump-and-feed, I simply divided my poolish (Winnie) into two 100g portions. One got fed as usual and put back on the counter while the other got fed enough white bread flour and water to make the 500g poolish called for by the recipe. As a result, unlike Mr. Forbish, my loaf contains 50g of WW flour from the poolish instead of the 100% white in his. The resulting 75% hydration loaf is pretty awesome. Not surprisingly, at high altitude here in Colorado it bulk fermented and proofed quite a bit faster than it would have at sea level. Bulk fermentation took less than 3 hours and proofing slightly less than 1. Oven spring was excellent, the crumb is pretty darn light and airy, and just enough of the sourdough tang comes through to let you know what you're eating. You may notice that instead of scoring the loaf, I tried the Forkish technique of baking seam side up to control blowout ... and it worked perfectly.
And now the pics:
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Fantastic loaf MBMorgan ... Great post & pictures too. I love, love love the color of your crust too. I can feel the crunch of the crust in my mouth just looking at it. What was the total weight of the flour in your recipe? High altitude fermentation and proofing is really cool. Great job.
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Originally posted by Breadhead View PostFantastic loaf MBMorgan ... Great post & pictures too. I love, love love the color of your crust too. I can feel the crunch of the crust in my mouth just looking at it. What was the total weight of the flour in your recipe? High altitude fermentation and proofing is really cool. Great job.
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