Hello everyone. I attempted to make a purple sweet potato loaf but I think I overproofed it. Or maybe because of some other problems that I haven’t realized yet. (Please excuse the crappy score I used a dull razor blade and I dđin’t really know what I was doing)
The recipe I used: https://breadtopia.com/purple-sweet-potato-sourdough-bread/. Autolyse 30 minutes then 4 rounds of stretch and folds with 30 minutes intervals, then I let the dough bulk ferment for 4 hours and 44 minutes and in the fridge for 12 hours! (pic 2,3,4 is after i took it out of the fridge)
In the recipe, however, they used steamed sweet potato but I used baked ones that I had ready 🤔 So I think that might be a problem? There might be a difference in water content.
Nevertheless, making this one had been fun! I love the color and the sweet potato fragance and the nuttiness in the taste. I would appreciate your opinions on what could have gone wrong and how i could prevent it. Thanks! 🙏
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Oooo I love ube. I’m sure this will taste good regardless, so don’t be too hard on yourself! You’re right, I do think it’s over proofed, but that could be due to a number of factors. You might have let it bulk ferment for too long before putting it in the fridge, or you might have put it in the fridge for too long and it over proofed during the cold ferment. Did you administer the poke test during the fermenting process?