Loaf 69 – Sourdough in Boulder
This was a follow up to Loaf 66, my failed sourdough from the day before. I used the same starter again, and it failed to come alive overnight after the feed. I continued through the process and made two loaves from it anyway. It didn’t rise significantly during the proofing stage, though it did get quite a bit of pop in the oven.
The loaves actually looked okay afterwards, and the crumb wasn’t too bad. However, they had zero taste – literally. It was very strange eating something with the texture of bread but no flavor at all. Into the trash they went.
I didn’t use all the sourdough starter that I fed for these loaves, and set aside the rest to see what would happen. A day later it came alive and jumped up in size. I think the problem is that Jason’s starter was not as active as I thought it was, and it was taking a long time to come to life after a feeding. The loaves may have worked a day later.
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- Sourdough didn’t do it’s job overnight.
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- Hrumph. Sourdough yeast didn’t come alive.
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- I gave it a try anyway; this is after 3 hours of proofing.
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- It popped a bit in the oven, but rose very unevenly.
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- It actually looks okay.
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- This loaf popped in a very odd way.
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- Absolutely ZERO flavor. Not worth serving to anyone.
