Its bread week and round three! I was quite excited for this bake despite an ominous feeling of quite how inexperienced I am in baking let alone bread. Bread is not something to underestimate, the precision is worse than the average cake it can be fatal.. well if your bread's life rests on its structure and taste.. then yes, fatal. Anyways, I am thoroughly enjoying these technical challenges as it really is making me bake things I wouldn't usually bake, as I didn't actually know cottage bread existed before this bake-off.
So Sunday was bake day, and ... I didn't bake as I felt too hungover- good start. So MONDAY- bread day! This bake has been full of firsts, first time I have ever bought lard. Yes, things just got exciting. Busy kneading away and waiting hours for proving the bread was ready for shaping, and it was not an easy feat. It looked a lot easier on TV, and I made a new rule for myself that I wasn't allowed to youtube 'a how to' as I did have the whole recipe and an infinite amount of time. So I guessed how to knead and shape which actually showed on the end result as the bread came out very lopsided. Looking back I think I over proved, despite plopping my fingers through multiple times the structure was weak.
So the end result, despite what looked like a complete blob, it tasted brilliant! After hours and hours, at least it tasted nice. To conclude: bread week- taste = 8/10 (quote)- structure... room for improvement. Happy baking everyone, until next time.
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