Tag Archives: starter

Drying Your Starter

Posted on June 15, 2010 by Paul

There you are, going along making your tasty (or so you hope) sourdough bread, everything’s going peachy, the dough is in the oven baking when you suddenly realize… O!! M!! G!!! You accidentally put ALL your starter into the dough … Continue reading →

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The Vermont Sourdough Trilogy

Posted on June 12, 2010 by Paul

One of the breads that came up in the June list for MellowBakers.com was the Hamelman Vermont Sourdough, a bread I’ve made before a number of times and posted about here several tries on the blog. The cool thing, however, … Continue reading →

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Non-Miche Miche

Posted on May 2, 2010 by Paul

When is a Miche not a Miche? Or perhaps more to the point what is a Miche? “Miche” basically, is the French term for a very large loaf of bread, somewhat rustic and typically shaped round and flat. Probably one … Continue reading →

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When good bread goes a-rye.

Posted on April 16, 2010 by Paul

Sometimes, things just don’t work the way they’re supposed to. So I’ll just say right out of the gate I’ll be redoing this one because something went quite wrong here. Wanna see? This is the “short version”, there are lots … Continue reading →

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New York Deli Rye

Posted on January 25, 2010 by Paul

And here we are at the first of several Sourdough Rye breads in The Bread Baker’s Apprentice, bread number 31 of the BBA Challenge. This one seems intriguing as it’s not simply a rye bread, not even a rye and … Continue reading →

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