this is how I shape my high hydration sourdough loaves
Sourdough Country Loaf Formula (Baker's %) * 97.5% T55 flour * 2.5% Flour X (Wholewheat flour) * 30% levain * 85% water * 2% Salt
gto16108Your results speak for themselves, so please don’t take this as even a single ounce of hate. I just can’t for the life of me understand why you would play the dough in banneton seam-side up.
Can you explain please?4d ago
AnStar24AuthorNot at all! Thats because I turn the banetton upside down onto the parchment paper before placing the loaf in the oven so eventually the seam goes at the bottom 4d ago19 likes
breadwoundThat's how it is supposed to be done. The seam is then on the bottom of the loaf when you load it in the oven. 4d ago10 likes
gto16108The entire Modernist Bread always proofs seam-side down, so I would say this is a style, not “fact”4d ago
breadwoundSo does Flour Water Yeast Salt. It gives you a "natural" looking tear on your loaf, but you can't score them well with the seam facing up in the oven. Seam up in the banneton is the norm. 4d ago5 likes
ConfusedlemureHow do you get it out of the banneton? Either you would have to reach in with your fingers to get under it or you would flip it out, then turn it over. Either way seems needlessly tedious. Just put it in seam side up and flip it out onto your counter. I must be missing something.3d ago1 like
sametimesometimesNot OP, but: so you can stitch the seam once it’s in the banneton and so that your scoring is more effective because the seam doesn’t provide weak points in the top surface of the bread while baking. 4d ago5 likes
bork00IlIllI0O0O1011I just can’t for the life of me understand why you would play the dough in banneton seam-side up.I don’t get why it’s so baffling — it’s the way the vast majority of sourdough makers operate these days.
I get disagreeing or having a different style, but your “I just can’t for the life of me understand,” is quite dramatic, no?3d ago4 likes
gto16108Lmao okay so your whole comment is mincing my words? Go touch grass. 3d ago
bork00IlIllI0O0O1011Jokes on you. I’m homeless. I live in the grass.3d ago3 likes
gto16108Good. Stay there. Get your shoes resoled while you’re at it, bum.3d ago
Can you explain please? 4d ago
I get disagreeing or having a different style, but your “I just can’t for the life of me understand,” is quite dramatic, no? 3d ago 4 likes