October 29, 2014 - 10:54am
Emergency proofing basket alternatives?
I'm mixing bread dough at work and forgot my baskets at home. Currently in the bulk rising phase, I am supposed to bake after work on a co-worker's bread stone.
Any suggestions on what to do post bulk rise?
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a smallish one or make it smaller and bunch up some paper to round out the lower corners. Then line with a few open paper napkins or paper towel. Dust a little flour on it and roll the dough in flour before placing in the nest of napkins.
If you are in a regular office see what you can do with a paper lunch bag or paper ream covers. A coffee filter is also a good liner.
If no container at all and you have a dough bowl (which I hope) scrape lightly the sides of the bowl or dust the bowl after removing the dough to shape, plop back down into the floured bowl and rotate the bowl keeping the dough round as it rises. Be gentle and don't deflate just rotate the dough coating it lightly with flour to keep it from sticking.
A colander works well. You might even try a mixing bowl lined with floured, linen cloth. No colendar or bowl at work? Well Minioven's suggestion is as good as it gets.
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.... any chance of just being able to shape reasonably tight boules and proof them unsupported on parchment paper?
Ended up just doing a long bulk rise, then cutting into balls and forming them by hand and letting them proof just like thast for a bit, They tasted great in the end just not aesthetically pleasing.