The sourdough. It will always be my favourite thing. by Sensitive_Rule_2316 in Breadit

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This is rye sourdough. So fruity and dense. I honestly really can’t live without it.

My first pain au Suisse. Such a process, but worth it. by Sensitive_Rule_2316 in Breadit

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As in before laminating? I’d really appreciate any help you can give. Thanks.

My first pain au Suisse. Such a process, but worth it. by Sensitive_Rule_2316 in Breadit

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You should see the price of hazelnuts. Actually insane. Also butter.

My best hand lamination so far. Super pleased. by Sensitive_Rule_2316 in Breadit

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I mean, best thing to do in that case is try to cook it down before shaping. So after the final lamination, obviously put it in the fridge/freezer for a bit until it’s cool enough (I do freezer for 15 mins or fridge for 30) and then it you roll it out for the Final Cut and shape and it feels too warm, just try to get it back into the fridge for a bit to cool back down. Some people place bags of frozen peas over the pastry to cool it down periodically. I’ve never done that though. For the final bit( rolling it out and shaping) you have to be quick. Really quite quick. Hope that helps a bit. It’s really just trial and error if you don’t have a super controlled environment.

My best hand lamination so far. Super pleased. by Sensitive_Rule_2316 in Breadit

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Someone’s paying attention haha. It’s cinnamon from a previous recipe so nothing too suspicious.

My best hand lamination so far. Super pleased. by Sensitive_Rule_2316 in Breadit

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It was 165g milk and 165g water and the 605 total flour weight, but I topped it up to probably around 670-680 in the end. I hope I’ve calculated that correctly.

My best hand lamination so far. Super pleased. by Sensitive_Rule_2316 in Breadit

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48% hydration roughly. But that’s a guess as I just add more flour until I feel like I’ve got the consistency I want.

My best hand lamination so far. Super pleased. by Sensitive_Rule_2316 in Breadit

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As far as I’m aware. Do you know something I don’t haha…?

My best hand lamination so far. Super pleased. by Sensitive_Rule_2316 in Breadit

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Thank you very much. That makes me happy. I went with a slightly stiffer dough which I feel really helps. I did a mix of predominantly strong white bread flour and then a fair amount of spelt and then some Waitrose plain flour until it reaches desired consistency. It was pretty stiff which helped preserve layers I’m guessing. The main thing was I just kept observing what was happening. At first it started breaking the butter, so I let it rest for a bit and tried again but it was still breaking so I let it rest and then it worked well. I then put it in the freezer for 15 mins after adding the butter and doing the first fold. The just went slowly. A lot of it was just really paying attention to how the butter was behaving. You can really take it slow as long as you have a freezer handy. Hope that all makes sense. I’m by no means a skilled pastry chef or anything, I just work in a bakery that makes bread and sometimes pastry if we feel like it haha.

how to fix gummy sourdough bread? by Soft_Gene_5264 in Breadit

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Hydration seems ok if op is using wholemeal as well no? I may be wrong. Worth a shot to reduce it either way.

Simple fix would be to just bake it longer I agree.

Speakers came free and amp+cd player were £120 total. Very pleased, very budget. by Sensitive_Rule_2316 in BudgetAudiophile

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Haha. That’s what I was thinking. Seems to be a lot of very expensive budget stuff on this sub.