I’ve just started baking sourdough and cannot figure out what to sit the hot Dutch oven on right when it comes out of the oven. Right now I am using a pile of dish towels, but those are charring, and a mat I ordered on Amazon didn’t work. Any ideas or things you recommend?
My most recent loaf:
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I take the loaf out of the oven and leave the Dutch oven in there to cool down
Wooden cutting board is what I use
I just lay mine on the stove to cool. Do you not have enough space on yours?
On the hob/stove top
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I have these cork heat pads from ikea, I use them for all my pots. $5 for 3 [https://www.ikea.com/us/en/p/heat-trivet-cork-87077700/?utm_source=google&utm_medium=surfaces&utm_campaign=shopping_feed&utm_content=free_google_shopping_clicks_Cooking](https://www.ikea.com/us/en/p/heat-trivet-cork-87077700/?utm_source=google&utm_medium=surfaces&utm_campaign=shopping_feed&utm_content=free_google_shopping_clicks_Cooking)
I use a 12 x 12 ceramic tile that I put 4 stick on rubber feet on.
I have inexpensive cork trivets from the dollar store. Use them all the time for hot things as well as to protect the counter from scratching from my cast iron.
I know this post isn’t about the bread specifically, but could you post your recipe or the bake times? I think your loaf looks great!
Adding recipe and times:
100g starter (I’ve been feeding mine a 90% bread flour/10% rye mix)
500g bread flour
325g water
10g salt
After dough was mixed, let rest for 30 mins, stretch and fold it lightly, let sit for another 30 mins. Stretch and fold it again, then did full rest for ~5-6 hours until it doubled. Left dough in fridge overnight and baked in morning.
Baked at 485 for 30 mins in Dutch oven with lid on.
I just put mine right on the electric stove top lol I had no idea you weren’t supposed to 😂 but I’ve never had issues!
I put a silicone trivet on the stove and move it to that (so it does not scratch glass top).
You can sit it on a trivet if you have one or an oven mitt. I set mine on my stove top, on one of the burners.
Hi, i would use a cooling rack or trivet
I put my bread oven on top of a burner (I have a gas stove) and take the bread out, which then sits on a cooling rack on my counter. The bread oven holds heat still and I do not want to continue cooking my crust by leaving it there. The bread oven cools down on top of the stove, then gets put away.
I have used a stainless steel trivet, a round silicon mat specifically made for hot vessels, or a spare (cold) oven rack on the counter.
Leave in the oven
Trivets
Even leave it on a potholder can work
Stovetop, otherwise just a thing you use for putting hot pans on (I for the life of me do not know what these are called in English, in Dutch we (literally translated) call them ‘put-unders’ lol).
Take the bread out with the mat, and leave the dutch in the oven to cool by itself.
I don’t use a Dutch oven, I use a poultry roaster. It heats up quick, and cools down quick, and is lightweight.
On the stove. Or on a rack or trivet.
Stove top
I pull my loaf out and have my sinks filled with water, I place my hot pot and lid in each sink. Takes care of the issue immediately. My grandmother taught me this trick. It hasn’t hurt my Dutch oven or any other pot or pan
I leave mine on the glass stove, but do have concerns so I throw down a silicone heat mat just in case 🙂
Cork trivet. https://www.ikea.com/ca/en/p/heat-trivet-cork-87077700/