Today was the first day of our bread rotation round 2. Our group did so well to start out. We were pushing out our dough and working like a well oiled machine. We made Dutch Mottled Bread (aka Tiger bread - You will see why.) we made focaccia, south western corn bread, Sour (not the bread, the gooey starter) and we made white and whole wheat rolls.
The tiger bread was easy to make. Straight dough method (everything in the bowl at once) then we weighed out 400g pieces, rolled them and then brushed a "topping" on them. Its like this weird yeast topping that looks really nasty when you make it and spread it on, but super cool when it comes out of the oven! Chef said those looked perfect. Thank god.
The focaccia was really neat. We made the dough and let it rise. Then we brushed the blended oil and herbs and garlic on the parchment on the baking sheet. You roll out your dough and brush more oil on top and let it proof. Right before you put it in the oven you poke holes all over it with your fingers. Bake it for 10-15 minutes then flip it over on to another baking try and oil it again and keep baking until you have a nice little crust. Its such an amazing bread, so light and airy with great flavour! I took my piece to Davin at work. Hope he enjoyed it.
The sour was super easy to make. You combine your flour and water in a bowl and mix it. You then add grape juice (not the store bought kind, its to pasteurized) and you get a liquid goo batter. Only, we didn't have any grapes to squeeze. Chef said we could use apples instead. So I rasped 2 apples and squeezed the pulp through a sieve. Fresh apple juice is soooooo good. We will use this when we make sour dough. And we could have this sour for the rest of our lives, as long as we add fresh stuff to it everyday, it will keep for the rest of my life. amazing stuff.
Then we made the stupid southwestern corn bread again. We made this in the first rotation. Don't care for it. It is what it is.
After we got back from break and everything had to go in the oven things kinda went to shit. Confusion all around. Chef just said "go!" and expected us to remember how to do everything. And when you have 5 people all trying to keep up and on top of whats going on, confusion hits. Chef was a little taken back at how we were today - Tomorrow will be better. It has to be.
Studying and my salad is calling my name - and by "studying" I mean watching TV with my notes on my lap. haha.
Have a wonderful evening!
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| My upside down focaccia |
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| Beautiful Tiger bread. |
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