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30 degrees from what? (self.sourdough)

submitted 1 year ago by anarchoplayworker to c/sourdough

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So, everywhere I look people are saying “getting an ear is easy! Just score it all the way across with a 30 degree angle. It’s so easy!” But what does 30 degrees mean‽ 30 degrees from what? 30 degrees from the table it’s sitting on? Is it the angle of the blade as it enters the dough, or it is 30 degrees up the surface of the dough? Or something I’m not thinking of? Any help would be awesome. Thanks!

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[–] toadstorm 4 points 1 year ago (4 children)

They mean 30 degrees from horizonal, or compared to the cutting surface. You want to hold the lame parallel to the surface and then lift the edge that's further from the loaf by about 30 degrees.

It also helps to start the cut with the corner of the lame. I personally got better ears by going in a second time to reinforce the same cuts.

[–] anarchoplayworker 1 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Cool! Thank you! And how far up the loaf do you cut it?

[–] toadstorm 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

This is kind of subjective... what kind of loaf are you trying to make? There's a million different viable scoring patterns depending on the shape. If you're trying to make a traditional demibaguette you'd want to have maybe 3 diagonal cuts overlapping each other by about a third going down the loaf, but there's really no hard and fast rules there.

[–] anarchoplayworker 1 points 1 year ago

Fair enough!

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