Re: My Journey Thus Far

Wow!  The smell of biga in the morning.  I can get used to this!

I mixed the final dough with the biga.  Sipping my coffee between steps.  I’m not sure I could have had a more enjoyable morning.   

Pics 1 & 2 are what the biga looked like this morning.
Pics 3 & 4 are the final mix after incorporating everything.  Then after 30 min rest.   
Pic 5 is the final round after kneading before resting for 45 mins.   
Pic 6 is the dough balled before 2-hour rest.  I cleaned up before taking the final pic.  They looked like baseballs when I finished rolling them.  Probably sat for 10 mins and already started to spread.   

This dough felt great.  A little sticky at 70% hydro, but easy enough to handle.  At Noon these go into the fridge until the bake tomorrow evening.