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Apple Gorgonzola Focaccia

Yes apple, pear is more traditional, but, I didn’t need the additional 1,5 kg of pears. So I bought a Wellant, crisp and sweet.

Sliced red and yellow apples are neatly arranged on a layer of dough in a rectangular baking dish. Slices of Gorgonzola and apple are arranged in a baking dish on dough. A baked focaccia topped with sliced apples and Gorgonzola is resting on a cooling rack.

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A small loaf

The usual dough in a small Japanese glass tin. Went well. One thing remains, I’d like the crumb a bit dryer.

A freshly baked loaf of bread rests on a cooling rack.

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Wurzenbrot / Baguette

My old dough survived well in the fridge and got quite active after a refresh and a few hours in the sun.

This time a Wurzenbrot (twisted baguette).

A twisted baguette-style loaf of bread is resting on a wire cooling rack

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Three rolls and a small baguette

I fed my old dough (3 weeks in the fridge) twice and added a couple of grams of dried lievito madre.

After a couple of hours on the counter the dough spent the night in the fridge.

Quite happy, but my lame needs a new edge

Freshly baked rolls and baguette are cooling on a wire rack.

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Baguette Game

This is about the best I’ve made so far.

Two freshly baked baguettes are cooling on a wire rack, each with a dusting of flour and distinct diagonal slashes on the crust.

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Shaping up

Quite happy with the shape and cuts. The dough is the usual old dough starter that spent the night in the fridge.

Three elongated pieces of dough are placed on a dark surface, dusted with flour.

Three freshly baked baguettes rest on a cooling rack with a dusting of flour.

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This is in essence a simplified baguette dough. The starter made from old dough and slightly fortified with freeze dried Lievito Madre. Hydration 64%. The dough twisted before forming the ring.

A round ring of crusty bread is cooling on a wire rack.

From the side: A loaf of crusty bread is cooling on a wire rack against a warm-toned background.

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Bread rolls, 2025 version

Starter:

50 g old dough from fridge (held from last baking)
50 g flour (550er)
50 g water

Mix and let ferment for 6-8 hours at ideally between 24 and 26 C

Dough:

150 g starter
300 g flour (550er)
200 g water
8 g salt

Mix, 3-4 stretch&folds 30 min apart, leave in fridge over night. Reserve 50 g dough for the next bake. Divide dough into 6 portions, rest/ferment for 1 hour, tighten shape, cut. Put into oven heated to 250+ C, add steam (if possible) bake for 10 minutes, open oven to let steam escape, continue baking at 230 C for another 20 minutes. Let cool on a rack.

Well formed bread rolls do not come from high hydration dough, oh yeah

After an epic miscalculation I produced a 80% hydration dough. Target was between 65 and 70, so, yeah.

Under these circumstances I’m quite ok with my forming and amazed that any rise happened.

Six freshly baked rolls, slightly flat, are cooling on a wire rack.

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Usual dough in a tin, hydration was more than I could cope with, my beautiful cuts got ignored, instead a burst on the side.

Tasty though

A loaf of bread is standing upright on a cutting board next to a knife.

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