The recipe called for spices, raisins, nuts, lemon or orange zest (I used orange) and honey for this particular loaf (Christopsomos), which should give it a unique flavor. It was a poolish recipe, so I used "baker's math" to up the formula for poolish so that I'd have enough for this dough as well as the next poolish recipe in the book - Ciabatta. Right now that's chilling in a pre-proofing state and hopefully I can get that baked tomorrow.
On top of working with these two breads, I also managed to make palak paneer (with from-scratch paneer) for dinner, dirty up and then wash at least three sinkloads of dishes, and cleaned up a bit around the house. No wonder I'm exhausted.
Would love to hear about others' experiences with this bread!
ETA: Salt. I think there was an issue with the salt. Maybe next time I should try two batches - one by the book and one with a little extra salt and honey. I'm not sure at this point whether I used the recommended amount or not... maybe i missed it all together?
ETA: Salt. I think there was an issue with the salt. Maybe next time I should try two batches - one by the book and one with a little extra salt and honey. I'm not sure at this point whether I used the recommended amount or not... maybe i missed it all together?
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