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    Big Bear's Bread near failure - rescued

    I started this sourdough bread 5 days ago per the recipe linked below. The first three days went as planned with the dough bulk fermenting under refrigeration; it expanded and bubbled beautifully. On the fourth day, it just flopped into a wet mess and wouldn't rise anymore (after the recommended folds). So, I read up on rescuing over proofed dough and improvised. It seemed like the hydration was too high, so I weighed the dough and measured out an equal amount of Ooni pizza dough mix at 60% hydration; I mixed the yeast and warm water together, poured it over the flopped dough, and mixed it all up with an immersion blender; I then added the flour and salt, kneaded it all together and it went into the fridge overnight again. Today, I pulled it out, formed it into a batard, and placed it into a banneton for 2 hour proof at 85 degrees (from cold). Then into the 450 degree preheated dutch oven...

    Now, I don't know if this splayed open loaf is considered good or not, but it definitely is to my liking. It smells super, has a wonderful sour flavor, delicate soft crumb, and a super crunchy and chewy crust at the same time. I have two more blobs of the flopped dough under refrigeration and I'll definitely rescue that this weekend.

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      Thanks for flagging I took care of it! We appreciate your help!

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      DO NOT click links from brand new trial members, especially their 1st or 2nd post. Good thing your Norton is working. We're working on this.

    #3
    Great job! That looks super. I do wish I liked sour bread, but I just can't get into the sour taste, and have not been able to reliably produce non-sour sourdough.

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      Originally posted by RonB View Post
      Great job! That looks super. I do wish I liked sour bread, but I just can't get into the sour taste, and have not been able to reliably produce non-sour sourdough.
      So, I had a starter that was too acidic and looked around for how to correct it, Basically the advice comes down to two things:

      1) use less starter when you feed - say 1 part starter to 10 parts flour/water mix (so 10g of starter to 100g of the flour/water mix... NOT 10g starter to 100g of flour + 100g of water, just to be clear )

      2) a less than 100% starter. maybe 80% or so. That is, 10g starter, 50g flour and maybe 30g or so of water. You want just enough to hydrate the flour so there aren't dry bits but not much more.

      This did work for me. Whether it's what you're after I don't know.

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      • RonB
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        Thanx. I don't have a starter now, but I may try again if things slow down - I'm havin' too much fun now...

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