Now that's an ear!
It wasn't exactly what I intended . . .
I wanted to try to stencil with a young grape leaf, but I hadn't planned out how I was going to score around the grape leaf. So I did two "smiles" framing the grape leaf and this is the result. Not exactly the best scoring job of my amatuer "career"!
I didn't do the best job shaping this dough, either. It was ABin5 dough that sat in the bucket a full week, and it was pretty wet. I usually work a little harder on the shaping and use a little more flour to get a firmer "skin" than I did here. Then the boule would have held its shape better and not spread out during baking as unevenly as it did. I baked it in my clay baker.
Still, it was an impressive gringe, and the bread was tasty enough for a rye done with very little effort. My back is bothering me, so long sessions with the mixer or hand kneading are not an option right now.
Interesting result. It may not have been what you intended, but the leaf is certainly well defined.
Ron
I think it is a great looking boule!
(Did you use a bread machine for that? :-) ) kidding.
I like the bread and gvz's comment.
Anjali
I think ears are like crackles. They come of their own accord. Very nice boule. As an aside, I see you are using the TFL accidentally coined word - gringe. This appears nowhere else except on this site, as far as I can tell. -Varda
I googled "gringe" and a not very nice definition came up first (BLUSH!)
But googling "grigne" does show a lot of references outside of TFL for what I meant.
Now I'm totally embarassed!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
not a nice word but nice bread and that's what counts. -Varda
Hello Janknitz,
I love your grape-leaf-stencilled loaf, and when I saw it, it made me think of this one:
http://www.wildyeastblog.com/2011/03/18/rewena-paraoa/
...and LiliN has posted photos too, of her beautiful rewena paraoa.
All of these lovely loaves make me want to start prowling around the yard looking for stencil material, now that things are starting to leaf out here, where I live!
:^) from breadsong
Wild Yeast's blog, but mine did not turn out very pretty at all. The scoring ruined it.
Aren't Susan of Wild Yeast's bread's gorgeous??? I've learned a lot from her.
Hello, I agree, Susan's bread is beautiful and her website an amazing resource to see what's possible for breadmaking!
I don't think scoring ruined your loaf at all. I think the 'ear' on the loaf looks like the curling edge of a leaf - a really neat-looking effect - reminiscent of your grape leaf!
:^) from breadsong