{"id":1460,"date":"2012-06-08T20:38:11","date_gmt":"2012-06-09T03:38:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/anirama.com\/100loaves\/?p=1460"},"modified":"2012-06-11T22:17:13","modified_gmt":"2012-06-12T05:17:13","slug":"loaf-50-halfway-sourdough","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/anirama.com\/100loaves\/loaf-50-halfway-sourdough\/","title":{"rendered":"Loaf 50 &#8211; Halfway Sourdough!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Halfway through my 100 Loaves of Bread!<\/p>\n<p>My last two loaves were experiments with different approaches to making sourdough, concluding with the SFBI approach is the best so far. I still wasn&#8217;t happy with the crumb of my loaves and thought that perhaps my ineptness at the loaf shaping was having a bad effect.<\/p>\n<p>For this loaf I did two things differently:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Reviewed the shaping video that I embedded at the bottom of <a href=\"http:\/\/anirama.com\/100loaves\/loa-29-sfbi-sourdough-again\/\">Loaf 29 <\/a>&#8211; it&#8217;s easy to grok and consistent with everything else I&#8217;ve learned.<\/li>\n<li>Used only unbleached white flour rather than a 90\/10 mix of white and whole wheat. I wasn&#8217;t crazy about the whole wheat sourdough.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<div><strong>Results<\/strong><\/div>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li>Better shaping skills definitely helped, but it didn&#8217;t make my crumb perfect. The crumb was much more consistent, but still was too dense.<\/li>\n<li>I like this non-whole wheat version better.<\/li>\n<li>Flash of insight!<em> I think I&#8217;m underproofing the loaves.<\/em> I looked at the amount of expansion that the loaves are getting along the scoring line and reflected back on my proofing experiment (<a href=\"http:\/\/anirama.com\/100loaves\/loaf-39-testing-a-proof-qed\/\">Loaf 39<\/a>) &#8211; the longer the proofing, the less the tearing along the score line. I&#8217;m going to do this same loaf again and proof much longer.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 33%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-1460 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/anirama.com\/100loaves\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/120607-3004.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/anirama.com\/100loaves\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/120607-3004-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-1462\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-1462'>\n\t\t\t\tPre-shaping boules resting for 1\/2 hour\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/anirama.com\/100loaves\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/120607-3005.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/anirama.com\/100loaves\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/120607-3005-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-1463\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-1463'>\n\t\t\t\tBeginning proofing\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/anirama.com\/100loaves\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/120607-3006.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/anirama.com\/100loaves\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/120607-3006-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-1464\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-1464'>\n\t\t\t\tAfter a 2\u00bc hour proof, scored and ready to bake\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/anirama.com\/100loaves\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/120607-3007.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/anirama.com\/100loaves\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/120607-3007-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-1465\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-1465'>\n\t\t\t\tLoaf 50!\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/anirama.com\/100loaves\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/120607-3012.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/anirama.com\/100loaves\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/120607-3012-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-1466\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-1466'>\n\t\t\t\tPretty with explosive expansion\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/anirama.com\/100loaves\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/120607-3013.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/anirama.com\/100loaves\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/120607-3013-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-1461\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-1461'>\n\t\t\t\tLoaf 50\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/anirama.com\/100loaves\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/120608-3023.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/anirama.com\/100loaves\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/120608-3023-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-1576\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-1576'>\n\t\t\t\tLoaf 50 crumb\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl>\n\t\t\t<br style='clear: both' \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Halfway through my 100 Loaves of Bread! My last two loaves were experiments with different approaches to making sourdough, concluding with the SFBI approach is the best so far. I still wasn&#8217;t happy with the crumb of my loaves and thought that perhaps my ineptness at the loaf shaping was having a bad effect. 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