Happy St Patrick’s Day! I made traditional Irish soda bread, as I have for the past several years. ☘️🥖
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Oops… I should have used a larger jar when feeding this sourdough starter clone. 🍞
Today we had lunch on the pond deck (with homemade sourdough rolls). Forgive the dirty table; we haven’t used it for quite some time. We really should do that more often, but it’s less convenient than just using the house’s main deck.
A first attempt at making sourdough sub rolls, via Daniel Steinberg’s recipe. 🥖
Something quite satisfying about jam made from our strawberries, comb honey from our beehives, on toasted homemade bread. 🍓🍯🍞
Today’s sourdough loaves turned out better than the last couple times, thanks to some tweaks (mainly reducing hydration). Still room for improvement, but getting there. 🍞
A short time-lapse GIF of sourdough starter growing (with some wheat flour mixed in; I’m preparing sourdough pizza dough). 🍞🍕
Yesterday’s second attempt at sourdough bread turned out a bit better than the first time, though still a bit too much hydration, I think. 🍞
My first sourdough bread loaves were a bit disappointing… they kinda sagged (and merged), so I guess had too much hydration. Tasted fine, though not particularly sourdough-y; I gather the flavor will improve as the starter ages. 🍞
It’s alive, ALIVE! It took 17 days, but my first sourdough starter has finally achieved doubling in size, and passes the float test. Now I have to figure out what to do with it. 🍞
