I attended a sourdough baking course yesterday, and this is the result - hot out of the cast iron pot.
I'm usually on the consuming side of things, so it was nice to get a chance to learn the process and make it along a proper baker (although kneading by hand was a tough workout!).
I'll let it cool off a bit, and then get a slice with some cold salty butter :)
It’s nice but give it more tension on the final shaping next time and you’ll get a taller loaf.
Deeper scoring too, but this is fantastic! Sourdough is not easy.
Thanks a lot! I agree, I was afraid to go too deep on the scoring. Our baker on the course had a cool scalpel like tool with just the right height on the blade, but at home I was limited to knives and scissors and I sort of errored on the side of caution.
I definitely feel that. Scoring deeply is pretty safe, I was always afraid of knocking gas out though with thicker knives or scissors.
If you like baking then id suggest buying a lame. I have this one and very happy with it but any razor really works.
https://www.amazon.com/Sourdough-Slashing-Replacement-Authentic-Protector/dp/B01LY7NDQ9/ref=mp_s_a_1_3?crid=QTX7EPWSUF0G&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.TI18sT49--iYlkrMQ-nDBsXL7j2LKx_KJXeZRXg_GMQFlCoBud-l211y0xx_zwUmYT7RVesqK64C7QoRreywBaZAPu-19Mdg040vALW-Jbwfa7wdcsIVdGftdNdL-XoMLQMIN4fnNk1JxnHD7Vt2-9rC28dHB5AqWXbhWWQwUj__imSlAPerqBkfeBnQ1Z4PoRvYl0FeqsOt0DYSIxAMXA.2Sz8dqE0xOj8IZoq-JdvOFVdkDEpgR2KvhBpPfSvcQ4&dib_tag=se&keywords=lame&qid=1717350726&sprefix=lam%2Caps%2C164&sr=8-3
Fair warning though I got really depressed and stopped baking so probably trust other bakers more than I 😅
That looks great, thanks for the suggestion! Hope you're getting better, I've had simliar periods in my life.
Depending where you live you can get a proofing basket and bread lame really cheap online.
Yeah, I actually had the dough in a proofing basket we got at the course (on our 3 hr drive home), which worked great. Ah right, TIL of bread lames, that's what our instructor had :)