The Husband and I have finally realised why so many of our baking projects have been a bit - shall we say - lacklustre. When making pizzas, or cinnamon buns, or fun artisan breads, we somehow neglected to realise that our bread dough needed to be proved in the oven before the real baking commenced.
Thankfully, the Husband decided to give the proving a go this time when we made bread bowls to accompany that potato soup I made the other week. Good job he did, too. When we peaked in the oven before turning up the temperature, we realised that 10-15 minutes in the oven at about 90*C was just what the dough needed. Our little awkward spheres had plumped up nicely and nearly doubled in size - making them just right for holding tiny servings of soup. It's always the easiest mistake to correct that takes the longest to realise. Sigh.
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Truth be told, it was a bit more trouble than it was worth, and all that soggy bread at the end is a bit awkward, but at least I can now say I've done it. I may yet try it again with a different sort of soup. There's this spiced butternut squash recipe I'm dying to try out...
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| just wait until you can have real food... |
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