Comments on: Peter Reinhart’s Poor Man’s Brioche, Sourdough Version

By: Laurie

Laurie — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 11:21:35 +0000

Danielle, thanks for your very kind offer of yeast, but I prefer using no commercial yeast since it doesn’t agree with me.

About the more sourdough bit – it’s possible, but I don’t know for sure. It’s one of those things about converting from a commercial yeast to a wild yeast recipe – it takes some experimentation, sometimes. It’s also possible that I need to decrease the amount of sourdough starter.

Knowing me, though, I’ll give this another try at some point. I’m a bit like a dog with a bone in that respect…

By: Danielle/Bon Vivant

Danielle/Bon Vivant — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 16:13:44 +0000

I’ve come to realize that yeast is all-so important for brioche dough, perhaps because of its relatively high butter content (compared with other breads), it needs an enzymatic turbo boost to make it rise! I had 3 failed attempts with flat brioche dough so I feel your pain Maybe try increasing the amount of starter the next time around? Or I could ship over some yeast from the US to help!
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By: Laurie

Laurie — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 09:48:28 +0000

Hey, Susie, if I gave up after the first failure, where would I be?

By: Susie

Susie — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 08:28:37 +0000

Hey, how did I ever miss this post?
I didn’t care for the brioche too much. I made the rich (TOO MUCH BUTTER) and had to add extra flour.
Love reading your adventures. That is great that you are always ready to try again.
Susie

By: Laurie

Laurie — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 02:20:31 +0000

Barbara, you’re so right – experimentation is key. And it makes life fun.

Thanks for visiting and commenting.

By: Barbara

Barbara — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 00:59:19 +0000

Laurie…what a great experiment. I love your sense of adventure in trying something different. After all how would you know what works and what doesn’t if you don’t try. I made the Casatiello and Challah this weekend. The Casatiello posed it’s own “interesting” challenges(http://strangerkiss.wordpress.com/2009/06/28/casatiello-and-challah/)
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