Archive for Downsizer For an ethical approach to consumption
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jamanda
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French bread flourI believe flour made from French wheat is different from British, being less glutinous. Anyone got a a good (simple) recipe?
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dpack
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do you have a sourdough starter?
if so
4 cups culture
2 tbls butter
1 cup milk
2 tsp salt
2 tbls sugar
6 cups flour
mix salt sugar butter into milk
add to culture
add flour til too stiff for spoon then turn out and knead in rest of flour
knead till shiney
proof 20 c 12 hrs
form loafs
rise 2 hrs 20c and 2hrs 30c
slash and brush with 2 beaten eggs
bake 190c for 70 mins
or
very hot massive wood fired oven for about 40 mins
cool well before slicing
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jamanda
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Sounds good.
Do you have any hints on resuscitating a starter?
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snowball
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pour three quarters of it away and feed as normal.
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dpack
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yep ,the spores are quite robust ,i resurrected an olaf keeper after a dreadful gravity tragedy to the active one .it had been in the fridge for 18 months unfed and was frisky as ever in a few days.
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