My Sourdough Experiment
Instead of a boule baked in a dutch oven, I wanted a recipe that used starter and not yeast and could be baked in loaf pans. (A lot of the ones I’ve seen for loaf pans use discard starter and added yeast.) This is the result after fooling around...
Using Weight, Not Volume
I see people confused when a recipe lists ingredients by weight (e.g. 120 g of all purpose flour) instead of volume (e.g. 1 cup of all purpose flour). Accuracy Weight is more accurate. 120 grams of flour will weigh 120 grams whether you pack it down or sift it....
Discard Sandwich Sourdough
Rather than using your starter as a yeast, adds yeast and uses “non active” starter mainly for flavor. If you want to use active starter, eliminate the yeast and probably increase the initial rising time to 8+ hours and 1-2 hours for the after formed rising time. Photos...
Sourdough Pretzels 2
Originally found a variant of this on King Arthur’s site but could do without the commentary, ads, cookies, etc....
Mango Habanero Salsa
This can be made with one mango or six apricots. Frankly, mangoes are a pain in the ass but dealing with one of those is better than dealing with six apricots. Just saying. You can also make this hot (one pepper) or deadly (ten). Your funeral....