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12 Bulk Fermentation Hacks That Transformed My Sourdough Baking

That Sourdough Gal346K views15:271y agoWatch on YouTube

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bulk fermentation is the trickiest part of the sourdough bread making process when I first started making sourdough I chronically under fermented my bread which is a very common beginner mistake we get impatient we worry about over proofing and we shape our Dough too soon I also at this point get hundreds of

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How it is built its chapters, as YouTube shows them

  1. 0:00Intro.
  2. 1:04Tip 1 (Importance of Dough Temperature).
  3. 1:43Tip 2: (Controlling Dough Temperature).
  4. 2:55Tip 3 (Sourdough Journey's Chart).
  5. 5:17Tip 4 (Aliquot Method).
  6. 7:23Tip 5 (Starter Amounts).
  7. 8:39Tip 6 (Lots of Bubbles).
  8. 9:01Tip 7 (Stickiness of Dough Surface).
  9. 10:08Tip 8 (Domed Dough).
  10. 10:28Tip 9 (Dough Pulls Away From Bowl).
  11. 11:42Tip 10 (Jiggly Dough).
  12. 12:11Tip 11 (Poke Test).
  13. 13:48Tip 12 (Bubbles On Dough After Pre-Shaping).
  14. 14:48Conclusion.