Any advice on what to improve?

150 g starter
350 g water
500 g bread flour
10 g salt

by _brick_wall_

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  2. Artistic-Traffic-112

    Hi. Second r/clong9. Great effort.
    I feel it is a bit unerfermented and maybe some more stretchng wouldn’t go amiss.

    Forming gluten:

    Several sets of folding and stretching and folding. Starts after a minimum rest of 1 hour autolyse(water absorbtion).
    •   simple bowl or counter stretch:
    The dough will tend to stick to the surface. With wetted fingers tease up the far edge of the dough and lift up as far as it will without tearing, gently. Pull across to other side and lower down to seal on top. Twist 90° and repeat two or three times. When the dough resists, won’t lift, it is time to rest  minimum 1/2hr to allow dough to relax. Repeat 3 to four times at 1/2 hour intervals

    •  Coil fold: bowl or counter. Tease wetted fingers in under edges of dough both sides, lift gently and allow self weight to draw down dough. Drop the near edge down ‘coiling’ the remaining bulk over to the other side.  Repeat until the dough will not stretch under own weight.  Time to rest dough . Three  to four sets in all.

    •  Lift slap fold:  on the counter , strectch dough to about 1″ thick. Reach over with wetted fingers and tease under corners. Lift up ajd across whole swinging the dough away so the dropping free edge slaps down then fold over the held corners and tap down. Repeat 3 to 4 times. Until no more stretch. Repeat sets at 1/2  hour intervals.

    These folds are mix and match 3 to 4 sets combined total.

    •  Letter fold: like laminating; part of shaping process. Stretch dough out to roughly 1/2 ” thick rectangle. Lift far edge over to third point then fold other edge over. Tightly roll dough and pul tuck corners under bulk of dough to tension the boule. Lift and place in prepared banetton ready to proof after a rest of a minimum of 1/2 hour

    Hope this is if help

    Happy baking

  3. Sufficient_Listen_39

    That’s SO good for your first try

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