Baguettes
My first ever (also sourdough). They look like batards though. Shaping and scoring need work. Although I was careful not to use lot of flour for dusting the dough still didn’t roll nicely – it was sliding at the ends so I could not apply little taper. Maybe will try increasing hydration just a little…
Kitchen machine, #1
I also own a kitchen machine from December 2021. I bought it mainly because of bread/pizza making but I also used it for making pastry dough. First lesson learned when kneading bread dough – if the dough does not cling to the dough hook after running for few minutes then check the dough quantity and…
Ooni Koda pizza oven
A year ago I purchased an Ooni Koda pizza gas oven. Since then I have been baking pizzas with it almost on a weekly basis. I am really happy with it because it takes baked (Neapolitan-style) pizzas on a completely new level compared to a traditional home ovens, with or without baking stone. In this…
Lodge combo cooker cast iron
For the past six months I have been using Lodge combo cooker cast iron for baking my usual loaf of sourdough bread and I am loving it! Compared to my previous favourite way of baking bread using pizza steel, it makes baking routine simpler because in the first half of the bake I do not…
The best home workout equipment…
… are gymnastics rings. I have them for a couple of weeks now and I really enjoy working out using them. They are practical because I can perform multiple exercises on them and the only thing I need to set them up is a high enough anchor point. For performing next exercise I just need…