My starter has been living happily in the fridge for the past couple months. My sister is visiting so I want to show off the great country bread, but it was a disaster. I screwed up the first loaf with the oven being off after I removed the combo cooker to put in the bread, and the second loaf came out with minimal oven spring, resulting in a dense loaf with large bubble in the middle :-(
I suspect it was the starter losing strength but still couldn't convince myself that was the case here. After a few researches on thefreshloaf.com, I came to two conclusion.
1) Overproofing - I think this is unlikely because I reduced time for both the bulk rise and the basket rise
2) Not enough tension - I think this is the culprit as I also reduced the number of stretch and fold.
Now, I am looking for a redemption. Hope to try again soon and will post the results.
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| Leavening passed the float test |
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| After the bulk rise |
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| First shaping |
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| After the bench rest |
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| 1st loaf - disaster due to oven malfunction |
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| Second loaf - rise but no ear |
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| Finish loaf looks good |
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| Poor oven spring - what a failure |
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