August 14, 2023 - 4:44pm
Overproofed?
Does this look overproofed? I’ve been making sourdough for around four months now and I definitely think I’m finally just starting to get the hang of it- but does this loaf look overproofed?
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Does this look overproofed? I’ve been making sourdough for around four months now and I definitely think I’m finally just starting to get the hang of it- but does this loaf look overproofed?
Are you happy with?
... if at all.
Looks to me like the longitudinal slash at upper left would better have been angled the other way. IOW, it looks like it was angled from upper left to lower right (or maybe just straight downwards). I think having the slash in the same place but cutting from upper right to lower left would have been better,
Otherwise, it can't have been very overproofed or the bottom would have been curved upwards more (more concave). It isn't really underproofed, though, or the bottom would have been rounded downwards (a convex shape).
Overall, this slice looks pretty good. If you wanted it to have been taller, the dough could have been stretched a little more, or maybe shaped a bit tighter, or the hydration could be made lower or the gluten content of the flour a bit higher.