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Trying to ferment my #sourdough a little longer today. The recipe says it should increase in size by 50%, but I always have such a hard time judging that.
in reply to Jonathan Lamothe

Try to follow one of me recipes @ #sourdoughrecipe The quantities and timings work really well for me.
in reply to Sourdough2021

@Sourdough2021 The trick is that our kitchen gets really hot (sometimes in excess of 30°C) which accelerates things a little.
in reply to Jonathan Lamothe

Now that could get tricky! I checked my kitchen today (out of interest) and it was 27°C. So far so good!
in reply to Armin Stross-Radschinski

@Armin Stross-Radschinski That works when it's in a jar, but it's presently in a metal bowl.

In a jar it's easy, the dough can only expand in one direction.

in reply to Jonathan Lamothe

@Armin Stross-Radschinski I guess I should've been more specific. In this case I'm making full-on bread, rather than just feeding starter.
in reply to Jonathan Lamothe

So I suggest OpenCV 😉 and a reverse Archimedes bathtube experience: Subtract the air above the dough from the content of the bowl. And check temperature compensation, we are in summer 2023.
in reply to Jonathan Lamothe

I think increasing the fermentation time was the right call.

For reference, this is what a previous loaf looked like:

#sourdough
in reply to Jonathan Lamothe

Looking good, but I feel like we can still do better...

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