The sourdough project has climaxed in an epic failure. My hopes and dreams are dashed. What went wrong, you might ask? Oh, so very many things.
For one, I think I over-kneaded the dough. Or under-kneaded. Not sure. But something probably went awry. After that, the frickin dough took its sweet damn time to rise. So I stuck it in my nice, warm oven to give it a boost. This dried it out. And then it wouldn't rise the second time around. Impatient, I declared, "Fuck it!" and began to bake. After 45 minutes, it was still very pale. I cranked up the heat.
Twenty minutes later, a flat-ass, hard-as-rock, burnt rectangle came out of the oven. Did anything go right?
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| Fail Bread! Use it as a bookend! |
Kind of. The sourdough fail bread had a definitive sourdough taste, which suggests that the starter was not the issue. Just everything else.
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| Use it to hold the elevator! |
3 comments:
THAT'S SO DEPRESSING!!!!! you were so pumped about it.
NEXT TIME!
Next time if you want to use your oven as a proofer to make the dough rise;You have to add some humidity. Preferably 70 -72% ,but, that's tough to judge. Just stick a nice bowl of water in with it.
Or you could keep on making it the same way,and, before you know it you can build a fire place, a wall, or something brick like...
Good call on the building materials, Uncle Brad! Maybe now I can build my dream house.
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