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SF SD Pain de Compagne

SF SD Pain de Compagne crumb

Baguettes with Poolish

Baguette crumb 

In my ongoing efforts to make wonderful baguettes at home, today I baked the Poolish baguettes from Hamelman's "Bread."

Rusian rye bread 2 boules

Russian Rye Boule

Russian Rye Crumb

San Francisco Sourdough variation Boule

SF-SD-Variations-Boule Crumb

Nury's Light Rye

Nury's Light Rye Crumb

Mmmmmm .....

David

So, for my last baking experiment of the weekend, I chose another bread I've baked many times - the Sour Rye Bread from George Greenstein's "Secrets of a Jewish Baker."

We have had a stimulating and instructive discussion of methods of replicating the effects of commercial oven steam injection in home ovens. (See http://weightloss-slim.fit/node/7192/humidity-versus-steam#comment-36522%3C/a%3E)%C2%A0I found it interesting that many home bakers have found coving the loaf during the first half of the bake to yield the best results - better oven spring, crisper, thinner crust, etc. So, I had to try it.

Janedo's Basic Bread

Janedo's Basic Bread Crumb

Baguettes "Monge"

I got a (very) few actual crackles in the crust! A thrill!

Baguettes "Monge" Crust

Janedo's basic bread

Janedo's basic bread - Crumb