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Re: What are you baking this week?

Postby Sakkarin » Tue Aug 18, 2020 11:15 am

Looks very good, Suffs. I presume those ridges mean you've got a proper banneton? I'm toying with getting one.

I was going to ask how you masked off the leaf-shaped bits, but then realised that the same thing happened to me last week, where in a batch of slashed rolls the slashes opened out completely flat, where usually they make an exaggerated valley of crustiness. Probably a hydration issue.

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Re: What are you baking this week?

Postby Suffs » Tue Aug 18, 2020 11:25 am

Yes, I treated myself to a banetton. This was the first time of using. It does make a difference . As for the slashes, it was also the first time I used a proper lame ... perhaps I need to be braver and slash more deeply?

In the method I used the loaf is baked in a Dutch oven, so that may also have an effect perhaps? We keep learning ..........

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Re: What are you baking this week?

Postby Sakkarin » Tue Aug 18, 2020 11:39 am

If by a proper lame, you mean one of those handles that holds an old fashioned razor blade, I had one of those, and didn't get on with it, ended up using just a razor blade, but still didn't master the knack. I now use a tiny knife I got in a garnishing kit, and find if I make a confident slash, it cuts deeply: if I am the slightest bit hesitant it all puckers up...

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Re: What are you baking this week?

Postby Suffs » Tue Aug 18, 2020 11:52 am

I got one of these https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Bakers-Lame- ... SwnqxfJ9oA .... some I'd seen had a way of fitting the blade that meant it was curved ... I thought this seemed preferable, (and it came with a safety cover for the blade). I'd tried with sharp knives, serrated knives, a Stanley knife and scalpels, but this lame was a definite improvement. I think I just need to slash with a bit more welly ;)

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Re: What are you baking this week?

Postby Sakkarin » Tue Aug 18, 2020 12:04 pm

Ha, that's a vicious looking implement! This is what I got, many years ago...

https://www.thebertinetkitchen.com/product/lame/

EDIT: ...and it's puckering up in the picture!!!! Not a very good ad!!!!

EDIT 2: My little garnishing knife...

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Re: What are you baking this week?

Postby jeral » Fri Aug 21, 2020 12:53 pm

I remember seeing a video where the blade is held at an angle, so not vertically. There's a video here concluding with "practise makes perfect".
https://artisanbreadinfive.com/2015/08/ ... ugh-video/
Can you do a test with each slash st a different angle, length and depth and see which you prefer?

I used to like pulling the crispy "mountains" off but it doesn't half make for a mouse-eaten loaf :oops:

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Re: What are you baking this week?

Postby karadekoolaid » Fri Aug 21, 2020 7:42 pm

I´m not a good baker, nor am I very adept at sweets, but I was very happy with this.
Pecan and salted caramel pie with chocolate chips. It is utterly delicious and extremely filling, but who cares? :lol: :lol:

Pecan, chocolate chip and salted caramel pie.jpg

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Re: What are you baking this week?

Postby Earthmaiden » Fri Aug 21, 2020 8:03 pm

Pecan pie is one of my favourites and with salted caramel must be something very special. Does it need chocolate as well? :o.

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Re: What are you baking this week?

Postby Amyw » Fri Aug 21, 2020 9:06 pm

That looks gorgeous , very decadent

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Re: What are you baking this week?

Postby karadekoolaid » Sat Aug 22, 2020 1:02 am

Does it need chocolate as well?

Probably not, EM, but the recipe said put some chocolate chips in, so I did.
I´d normally cut a pie like that into 4 pieces, but this one is so unbelievably rich (AND decadent, Amy) that I´m going to have to reduce the rations!

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Re: What are you baking this week?

Postby scullion » Sat Aug 22, 2020 7:42 am

Recipe or link?
Pretty please? - looks awesome.

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Re: What are you baking this week?

Postby halfateabag » Sat Aug 22, 2020 8:03 am

Oven is going on tomorrow, will be baking...tomato tart (via Mamta's daughter, can't remember her name!) tato wedges, a baked beetroot for another day, I do it with lime and chilli.

A baked Camembert for fiends coming over for lunch. A chicken and mushroom pie, puff pastry top will be cooked separately, it stays crispier.

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Re: What are you baking this week?

Postby Sakkarin » Sat Aug 22, 2020 11:17 am

That pecan pie looks epic.

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Re: What are you baking this week?

Postby KeenCook2 » Sat Aug 22, 2020 12:23 pm

Wow, KK, looks amazingly perfect!!

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Re: What are you baking this week?

Postby karadekoolaid » Sat Aug 22, 2020 12:48 pm

If anyone wants to have a go, here´s the link:

https://www.womansday.com/food-recipes/food-drinks/recipes/a60505/salted-caramel-pecan-and-chocolate-pie-recipe/

BTW: I only had a packet of pecans, and had to supplement the quantities with walnuts. Worked just fine.

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Re: What are you baking this week?

Postby scullion » Sat Aug 22, 2020 12:56 pm

thanks, i'm assuming corn syrup can be sub'd with the usual golden syrup. i think i know what's going on next week's food order.

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Re: What are you baking this week?

Postby Earthmaiden » Sat Aug 22, 2020 1:31 pm

My pecan pie recipe (which isn't really like this one at all as it uses eggs) uses golden syrup. Just saying because I think it would work fine.

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Re: What are you baking this week?

Postby slimpersoninside » Sat Aug 22, 2020 1:36 pm

I would love to give that pecan pie a whirl but I know it wouldn't get eaten in this house.

I have a coconut and (glacè) cherry cake cooling. It's the first cake I've made for ages, not sure why as we love a bit of home baked cake.

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Re: What are you baking this week?

Postby karadekoolaid » Sat Aug 22, 2020 7:29 pm

I used golden syrup rather than corn syrup. Firstly, because I actually made some golden syrup from scratch (not available here - and I´m still in lockdown) and secondly because corn syrup is unbelievably expensive.
I´m thinking of sticky toffee pudding next week...

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Re: What are you baking this week?

Postby Sakkarin » Sat Aug 22, 2020 10:32 pm

karadekoolaid wrote:I actually made some golden syrup from scratch

Maybe you've already posted elsewhere, but how did you do that as a matter of interest?

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