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Sourdough bread

50 g old yeast
100 g warm water
100 g flour

Mix and let it do its thing for 8 hours at 28 C

Starter
350 g flour
250 g water
9 g sea salt

Mix, 2-3 stretch & folds over 90 minutes, leave in fridge overnight.

Stretch out the cold dough, don’t worry, it will not have risen very much. Letter fold, form a boule. Don’t forget to steal 50 g to go into the fridge for next time.

Let it rest on and under floured linnen for at least an hour, place your cuts.

Oven, with pizza steel, pre-heated to 250 C, also a steel bowl.

Drop the boule onto the pizza steel. Put some hot water into the steam bowl to provide steam.

Bake for 10 minutes. Open the oven door to let the steam out, change temp to 230 C and bake for another 20 to 25 minutes until the bread reaches > 98 C in the centre and you like the crust colour.

Switch off the oven, crack open the door and leave the bread for another 5 minutes in the cooling oven.

Let the bread cool on a rack, cut yourself a slice, butter or not, enjoy.

#recipe #sourdough #bread

Due to reasons

Today a loaf instead of rolls

Close up of a loaf with a darkish crust and well defined cut

A loaf of bread is cooling on a wire rack beside a baking tray in the kitchen

@teamsauerteig@a.gup.pe @brotbacken@a.gup.pe #bread #brot #baking #backen #sourdough #sauerteig

After a few weeks of rest in the fridge our sourdough still worked well

After 8 hours at 28 C the starter had almost doubled. The dough proved over night in the fridge. My cuts were too shallow though, the rolls burst also at other points.

A canvas cloth with red stitching is being used to cover and shape dough for bread rolls.

Six round dough balls covered in flour are arranged on a dark silicone matt.

Six round, freshly baked bread rolls are cooling on a wire rack.

@teamsauerteig@a.gup.pe @brotbacken@a.gup.pe #bread #brot #baking #backen #sourdough #sauerteig #brötchen #breadrolls

China Light Festival 2025, Cologne Zoo

An annual event, an illumination of animals is displayed in Cologne Zoo in Winter. It was a drizzly, cold evening, but there was Glühwein available.

A brightly lit dragon sculpture sits near a sign that reads ZOO, with silhouettes of an elephant and a giraffe above it, seen during nighttime.

Several illuminated giraffe sculptures are arranged along a wet pathway at night, each with a distinct pose.

A large illuminated installation depicting Noah’s Ark with various pairs of glowing animal figures surrounding the ark at night.

A brightly lit goat figure with a red blanket featuring a Hennes IX logo stands in front of wooden structures against a backdrop of colorful lights.

A group of illuminated praying mantis sculptures stands against a dark background, surrounded by colorful, glowing plants.

Colorful, illuminated sculptures of marine creatures and plants create a vibrant scene at night.

Large, illuminated sculptures of three elephants stand surrounded by glowing green foliage on a wet surface.

A vibrant lantern festival display features a giant frog surrounded by illuminated insects, flowers, and mushrooms.

Three illuminated flamingo sculptures are displayed on a grassy area at night.

A pair of illuminated, sculptural lions made of light features are surrounded by glowing green leaves and flowers, creating a vibrant nighttime display.

A colorful, illuminated sculpture of an anteater is positioned next to vibrant oversized flowers on a pathway.

Two illuminated swan sculptures are surrounded by vibrant lotus flowers on a dark background.

Colorful and intricately designed fish-shaped lanterns illuminate a nighttime display with a large, ornate central fish and surrounding coral-like structures.

Glowing, large illuminated flower sculptures line a pathway at night.

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Location: Schmallenberg
Height: 445,7
Coordinates: 51,17 - 8,38
Weather: 1 °C and mostly cloudy #checkin

Outside a #Schmallenberg pub

Statue of a happy drinker wearing a dark cap and light jumper

The satisfaction of a beer well drunk

head of the anonymous drinker with a beatific smile

Location: Schmallenberg
Height: 410
Coordinates: 51,15 - 8,28
Weather: 1 °C and partly cloudy #checkin

Some pictures of #Arnsberg

The classicist buildings are a remnant of the Prussian time. After the congress of Vienna the duchy of Westphalia (together with the Rhineland) went to Prussia.

A narrow cobblestone street winds through a quaint town with historical buildings and a prominent church tower featuring a clock.

A misty, overcast view of a town features traditional houses and a church with a distinctive spire, surrounded by a hilly landscape.

Arnsbergs new market, protestant church and classicist buildings around a square lined with plane trees

A half-timbered house and behind it a classicist building.

Location: Meschede
Height: 394,8
Coordinates: 51,31 - 8,28
Weather: -0 °C and cloudy #checkin

Kleinschnittger F 125

The vehicle was built in #Arnsberg between 1950 and 1957 in a quantity of just under 3,000 units. It had a 1-cylinder two-stroke engine and weighed 150 kg. The “F” stood for front-wheel drive, the “125” for the cubic capacity. With 6 hp, the #Kleinschnittger reached a top speed of 60 km/h. The vehicle was lifted and turned for turning.

A vintage yellow car with a “Sauerland Rally” rally plate is displayed indoors.