Been dabbling in sourdough, today may have been my best loaf.

[Quiganomics]

The starter is now 3 months old as of today, and this morning may have been the best loaf it has produced. Made quite a few failures of the last few months, but finally got a good rise and seem to have gotten the hang of it. Thinking dinner plans for tonight may change and we'll be doing some club sandwiches with it.

 

[chef k-dude]

Looks like you nailed it! Gonna be cutting my teeth on some sourdough soon myself. Seems to be all the rage these days!

 

[Astralogics]

Oof, gonna need some sliced shots please! Beautiful loaf!

 

[thirdeye]

Wow.

 

[Quiganomics]

Yup, it's good.

Sliced it on the meat slicer.

Made a sammich. Wrapped it, because wrapped sammiches are more gooder.

Unwrapped.

 

[philpom]

Looks like a solid loaf, good job. Did you use a Dutch oven? I like to use a short trivet to keep the loaf off the bottom and put ice or water in the bottom.

 

[Quiganomics]

Looks like a solid loaf, good job. Did you use a Dutch oven? I like to use a short trivet to keep the loaf off the bottom and put ice or water in the bottom.

Yeah, use a 4.5 Qt enameled cast iron dutch oven.

Never tried the trivet, I'll have to give that a try since my bottom always seem to scorch a bit...

 

[DRKsmoking]

Nice SD sandwich , and loaf.

David

 

[millerbuilds]

The starter is now 3 months old as of today, and this morning may have been the best loaf it has produced. Made quite a few failures of the last few months, but finally got a good rise and seem to have gotten the hang of it. Thinking dinner plans for tonight may change and we'll be doing some club sandwiches with it.

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Bingo! Nailed it, looks like it turned out perfect!
- Jason

 

[sandyut]

Nice SD loaf brother! Sami looks fantastic too. Making bread is such fun!

 

[BGKYSmoker]

Looks good.
No going back now and its cheaper than meat right now.

 

[rdknb]

Man that looks nice. Enjoy

 

[Henry Frapp]

Very nice !!!! Been a sourdough baker for 30 yrs mines old.. 1960 same age as me. Keep it up

 

[philpom]

Yeah, use a 4.5 Qt enameled cast iron dutch oven.

Never tried the trivet, I'll have to give that a try since my bottom always seem to scorch a bit...

This is the one I use, keeps the loaf just off the bottom and eliminates scorching of the bottom of the loaf. I use parchment. Make sure it fits your Dutch oven.

Amazon.com

 

[sandyut]

This is the one I use, keeps the loaf just off the bottom and eliminates scorching of the bottom of the loaf. I use parchment. Make sure it fits your Dutch oven.

Amazon.com

Never seen one of those before. SO that really keeps the bottom from getting super hard?

 

[philpom]

Never seen one of those before. SO that really keeps the bottom from getting super hard?

100% the bottom will resemble the sides and top instead of being super thick and dark or even scorched. I've used it up to 450°f. It also let's you throw water down the for steam (enhanced crust) without your loaf sitting in it.

Works great for other food also, intended for doing roasts.

This one is not sourdough and I didn't get a pic of the bottom but it looks very similar.

 

[sandyut]

100% the bottom will resemble the sides and top instead of being super thick and dark or even scorched. I've used it up to 450°f. It also let's you throw water down the for steam (enhanced crust) without your loaf sitting in it.

Works great for other food also, intended for doing roasts.

This one is not sourdough and I didn't get a pic of the bottom but it looks very similar.

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good endorsement. I can be enabled to buy one.

 

[Central PA Cowboy]

I wonder if wrapping your food or putting it in it in takeout boxes psychologically makes us enjoy it more as if it were takeout?

 

[Quiganomics]

I wonder if wrapping your food or putting it in it in takeout boxes psychologically makes us enjoy it more as if it were takeout?

Well, for me I've found wrapping the sandwich to make a difference in the end product. It tightens everything up to hold together better, if you used any oil-based dressing it seems to permeate the sandwich bettwen when wrapped, and if its a hot sandwich it steams itself in the wrapper.

As for the takeout box....nope, no difference. Just lazy and didn't want to do dishes