Sourdough: Tartine Country Loaf
I've been making this recipe for years and it's just the best. Rarely fails, and if it does it's always because I fucked something up.
It looks great, tastes great, the process is easy and the dough is user friendly, I just love it.
Anyway, today's batch wasn't perfect, I tore one open because it was stuck in the Dutch oven, but the loaf i put up top was the best of the bunch and looked spectacular
That's the one that got torn up, fairly sure that's why it was so dense
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Looks so good, it's inspiring! Is that in the Tartine cookbooks?
Yep, it's my go-to. Flour, water, salt, yeast comes in second, that's maybe 10% of my bread
Thanks. I remember visiting SF after I'd moved and Tartine was part of a transformation occurring. It's been weird seeing their rise but I finally think it's time to bite the bullet and get this book.
Reading the recipe the first few times is a bit of a slog because it is so detailed, but it changed how I handle the dough from the end of bulk ferment through shaping, and i use the same techniques with every recipe i make, regardless if it's from tartine
Sounds good. I've been avoiding learning sourdough entirely because it does seem like a lot but this is the exact bread I need right now.
It certainly isn't for impatient people, since day one is feeding the starter, day two is making the dough, and day three is baking.
I'm also happy to answer any and all questions. Identifying how things are progressing and whatnot is very tactile, and i benefited from having a mom who had baked for like 40 years when I was learning