Breaded cod on a bed of lettuce and cucumber, served on freshly baked sourdough, with home made tartar sauce (mayonnaise with chopped gherkins, capers, parsley and tarragon with a splash of lemon juice). Or in No-Bullsh#t terms: a fish finger sarnie.
Gallery
As you can see, and as my friends are always delighted to point out, I'm no photographer. My photos are lousy.
The thing is, I prefer to just do, so taking beauty shots of ingredients and food rarely occurs to me until after I've taken a massive bite and ruined it, or everything is done and cleared away.
Therefore, I present to you: real, unposed shots of my blundering about in the kitchen, - if only to set the bar really, really low.
This site is about making it easy for you to make a thing to eat - not to show off my baking skills. You can probably do better - so take solace in the fact that your stuff doesn't have to look like it came out of a professional bakery.
Below, you'll find results - warts 'n all:
Some loaves collapsed due to overproved dough.
Some burned slightly.
Some are wonky.
Some are scored, some are not.
Some came from starters with different ratios
Some are made with butter, some with olive oil, some with neither.
And yes, I know my chopping board is burnt.
The point is: it doesn't matter. If it's cooked enough, it's delicious.
Journey of a loaf
starter with mixed dough in bucketgreased bowltransfered to bowl for stretch and foldinitial prove between stretch and foldsstretched and foldedready for cold prove in fridge24hrs cold provedbakedbakedbakedcrumbwrapped
Crumb shots
Collapsed dome - overprovedHigh dome - slicedMinimal springOvenBaked - halvedOvenBaked - slicedOverproved - collapsed domeOverproved sandwichPeaked dome sandwichPeaked domeRustic Sandiwch (top)Rustic Sandwich slicesRustic SandwichRustic domed sandwich slicedTight Crumb - made with butter - close upTight Crumb - made with butterWonky Sandwich Loaf
Loaves
- high dome loaf and starter- oven baked soudough loaf- oven baked sourdough loaf- oven baked sourdough loaf- high dome loaf cooling- rustic dome loaf cooling- overproved loaf - collapsed dome- overproved loaf- high dome side- high dome other side- high dome from being unscored- high dome crust splits
Starters
just fedminutes laterrisingrisingstill risingrisenready to usesunny starterleft - 132 right - mixedleft - 132 right - rising topleft - 132 right risingstarter - 111 - rising
Prep
bowl and oiloil in bowloiled bowlOvenbake dough and casserole dissh
Dough
- shaggy(ish) dough- found it- bulk ferment- bulk ferment under a towel- stretch- and fold- stretched and foldedprovingcold proving- proven- in the breadmaker- overproved in the breadmaker- overproved and collapsed dome pre-bake- oven bake sourdough proving- oven bake sourdough close up- cold proving bowl with lid
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 dough.jpg "- shaggy(ish) dough")
