Mad Cook
Master Chef
Bread making day today. Made dough based on 2lbs of flour (mixture of white bread flour and the remains Wholemeal bread flour so quite a lot). let it do the first rise while I got my lunch ready and ate it. Let it rise for a couple of hours - it was fairly lively but so far so good.
It rose rather spectacularly and when it looked OK I knocked it back and kneaded it a bit more and put it for a second rise which I usually do (I'm funny that way).
I then went off to do something else and forgot about the bread dough. Went back into the kitchen at midnight to get a drink prior to going to bed and there it was -The Thing From 20,000 Fathoms. The dough had risen over the lip of the bowl and down the sides and was creeping across the work surface. Fortunately, I'd cleaned the surface thoroughly before I started the bread so I could gather it all up. Gave it a good kneading, covered the bowl with cling film and put it in the 'fridge. We'll have to see what it's like tomorrow as I'm off to bed now.
Night, Night, everyone.
It rose rather spectacularly and when it looked OK I knocked it back and kneaded it a bit more and put it for a second rise which I usually do (I'm funny that way).
I then went off to do something else and forgot about the bread dough. Went back into the kitchen at midnight to get a drink prior to going to bed and there it was -The Thing From 20,000 Fathoms. The dough had risen over the lip of the bowl and down the sides and was creeping across the work surface. Fortunately, I'd cleaned the surface thoroughly before I started the bread so I could gather it all up. Gave it a good kneading, covered the bowl with cling film and put it in the 'fridge. We'll have to see what it's like tomorrow as I'm off to bed now.
Night, Night, everyone.