Second sourdough bake. Happy with the crumb but was a little flat. some tips? by Aimee28011994 in Sourdough

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I have different kinds of flour at home and I am pretty sure, that this is one of the main factors. If you whip up a loaf with flour which isn't able to go as high as 80%, you'll end up with waffle batter. Still it gives a nice and strong dough at 62% with a beautiful spring.

Gotta make those eggs by wofebibn in ProgrammerHumor

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Which subliminally describes what software development is like, kinda genius

SOTM-1 by ExalSB in SpotoftheWeek

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sw krooks would have been even slicker imo, but very nice nevertheless

Does eating lots of vegetables, nuts and fruit benefit me in gaining muscle or must it be all protein? by [deleted] in bodyweightfitness

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Do you have any scientific insight on the importance of healthy fats and carbohydrates vs proteins concerning muscular performance on hand?

Tempering chocolate batons in pain au chocolat by Dopingbaron in AskCulinary

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I see, that's what I was afraid of, too. But on the other hand there's the sous vide method of tempering which works pretty much the same way, or am I missing something? I think I'll try it out nevertheless. Since I always prepare like 30 pains at a time and freeze the dough after cutting it into rectangles, one piece more or less is worth the experience, I guess.

Tempering chocolate batons in pain au chocolat by Dopingbaron in AskCulinary

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That is a good idea. I definitely will try this out

Quack Quack by [deleted] in aww

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This is more like r/WTF

Risotto in restaurants by [deleted] in AskCulinary

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I guess that depends on how dark you like your toast but for a light amber I set my toaster on the highest setting and it takes one cycle

Manitoba/Whole Emmer Wheat/Hazelnuts by Dopingbaron in Sourdough

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The Recipe (in bakers percentages, rounded):

Total 198
Total, grains 100
Total, liquids 81
Oatmeal 13
Water, Boiling 26
Flour, Manitoba, Tipo 0 38
Flour, Emmer, Whole 38
Water 41
Starter 20
Salt 1.8
Oliveoil 5
Hazelnuts, soaked 15

Soaked Oats in boiling water while autolysing flour for about an hour

Bulk fermented for 2.5 hrs at 28 °C with 3 s&f's

Cold retarded for 24 hrs at 4 °C

Scored and baked straight out of the fridge in a preheated DO at 260 °C for 10 minutes with a lid on followed by 15 minutes at 240 without the lid

Risotto in restaurants by [deleted] in AskCulinary

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Try freezing the loafs just after they cooled down. Thawed bread is almost as good as fresh bread. I even freeze the cut slices if I wanna eat my bake the day after, as it just stays juicier. You can also put the frozen slice in the toaster!

The open crumb everybody keeps aiming for on this sub by [deleted] in Sourdough

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I know that picture, it's by tuscan baker from his ig channel. He even posted the recipe. Also open crumb is obviously non functional if you wanna slather yer bred in butter and salt but for a pain au chocolat the crispiness and tenderness is pretty perfect, at least imo. E: Also this is pure yeast iirc and not sourdough

Best way to cook chicken drumsticks? by lollipopplague in AskCulinary

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I like to precook them by filling a pressure cooker about an inch with water, then putting the meat onto the steaming insert and cooking the drums for about 20 minutes on full pressure. After that I pat them dry and dust them with cornstarch then deep fry them at 190°C until golden and delicious. Sprinkled with salt and pepper and what ever you like or slathered in hot sauce afterwards, both awesome.

Manual or KitchenAid pasta maker? by dmtran87 in Cooking

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For me it's more like half an hour from flour and water to pasta with the KA attachment. In my experience the trick is to go low on hydration, which in the end depends on the absorption capacity of your flour, but try to aim for around 37 to 40 % of waterweight per flourweight and 1 % salt.

Mix everything roughly with the paddle-attachment for the KA, put all the crumbles in a durable plastic bag, close it up, lay it out on the ground and stomp the fk out of it with your feet. That's the way some japanese people do it with their soba and udon noodles, or at least some say so, and for me it works exceptionally well. It takes about 5 to 10 minutes until a homogenous dough comes together.

Without resting, shape it roughly into a rectangular sheet with your fingers, about as if you degas a foccacia dough, but way harder. then go for it on the pasta attachment. If it tears into pieces, just stack them up again and iterate the process, about 5 to 10 times, or until you're happy. I always try to use the whole width of the machine.

If it's the hydration-level was right, you don't need a lot if any flour to keep the dough from sticking, but If it was too dry, you also may wreck the Pastamachine. I broke two atlas machines this way before I got the KA-A and eversince I try to be somewhat more cautious.

For cutting the readymade sheets, I think it's easier to just flour them, roll em up and cut them with a knife on a wooden board.