James Akers
@JamesAkers@expressional.social
Artist/ sculptor working with glass, neon, electronics and other materials. Interested in unsustainability, commercialism, short attention spans, the ad tech industry and developing my dev skills. Currently based in Brooklyn, NY. Message me and I may respond.
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bread update-
My baking has slowed down since I have been busy, with many breads not getting the optimum gluten network build up from me missing the prime kneading / stretching times.
I am however mastering fermentation times and predicting my starter behavior. Bread 58 I split into two doughs, and after forgetting to salt the first one (Florence style) I salted the second, folded butter into it and coated the outside in wheat bran. The resulting rosemary sourdough bread came out pre buttered and SO tasty!
Now I am watching videos of people making croissants and folding butter into their dough many many times. I am wondering what would happen if I actually stretched the dough when I was supposed to, and kneaded a fine layer of cold butter into the bread before it got to its super intense bread flour rise?
Perhaps by bread 60 I will finally get the tight gluten networks I see the bread influencers getting.
#bread #baking #nyc #breadlog #sourdough #butter #gluten #bacteria #yum
