Weekend report...
...I learned something new!
On Saturday, I took a sourdough bread class with two friends at a local cooking school/store. We had a lot of fun and learned a lot.
The instructor was good and took us through all of the steps of making the dough, the starter, and baking the loaf when it's finished proofing. He had a couple of loaves ready that he let us taste. I really enjoyed it!
We took home dough that need to proof 12-24 hours:
I let mine go about 22 hours and let it drop from the basket:
I slashed it and put it in a Dutch oven:
I baked it according to the recipe. As it turns out, my oven was way too hot at 500 degrees. The bottom burned and the top was too brown. However, the taste and the chew were amazing! I need to try this again, spending more time on the stretch-and-fold portion of the prep and adjusting the oven temperature.
Aside from the class, we had a visit from the Husband's brother. It was really good to see him!
I worked more on both the Pure Comfort Cardigan [Ravelry] and the Saratoga Calypso Shawl [Ravelry]. I picked up a little in my studio and reorganized some fiber. I finally let go of a 40-year needlepoint WIP. It was 75% completed, but I finally admitted that I was never going to finish it. Time to go!
I started spinning Sandpiper [Ravelry], a Merino-Silk-Cashmere blend from Greenwood Fiberworks. So far, spinning wheel repair #2 is holding!
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On Saturday, I took a sourdough bread class with two friends at a local cooking school/store. We had a lot of fun and learned a lot.
The instructor was good and took us through all of the steps of making the dough, the starter, and baking the loaf when it's finished proofing. He had a couple of loaves ready that he let us taste. I really enjoyed it!
We took home dough that need to proof 12-24 hours:
I let mine go about 22 hours and let it drop from the basket:
I slashed it and put it in a Dutch oven:
I baked it according to the recipe. As it turns out, my oven was way too hot at 500 degrees. The bottom burned and the top was too brown. However, the taste and the chew were amazing! I need to try this again, spending more time on the stretch-and-fold portion of the prep and adjusting the oven temperature.
Aside from the class, we had a visit from the Husband's brother. It was really good to see him!
I worked more on both the Pure Comfort Cardigan [Ravelry] and the Saratoga Calypso Shawl [Ravelry]. I picked up a little in my studio and reorganized some fiber. I finally let go of a 40-year needlepoint WIP. It was 75% completed, but I finally admitted that I was never going to finish it. Time to go!
I started spinning Sandpiper [Ravelry], a Merino-Silk-Cashmere blend from Greenwood Fiberworks. So far, spinning wheel repair #2 is holding!
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