{"id":661,"date":"2013-03-12T13:40:36","date_gmt":"2013-03-12T13:40:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.flourandwater.co.uk\/?p=661"},"modified":"2015-04-28T16:58:27","modified_gmt":"2015-04-28T16:58:27","slug":"winter-sourdough","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.flourandwater.co.uk\/blog\/winter-sourdough\/","title":{"rendered":"Winter sourdough"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>After some experimenting, I have got the measure of my new flat&#8217;s oven and, perhaps more importantly, have taken the necessary steps to compensate for how cold it is. I&#8217;ve made a couple of successful sourdough loaves over the last week, which I suppose goes to show what can be achieved under inauspicious circumstances.<a href=\"https:\/\/www.flourandwater.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/Sourdough-batard.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-662 size-full\" title=\"Sourdough batard\" src=\"https:\/\/www.flourandwater.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/Sourdough-batard.jpg\" alt=\"Sourdough batard\" width=\"320\" height=\"478\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.flourandwater.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/Sourdough-batard.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.flourandwater.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/Sourdough-batard-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flourandwater.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/Batard-sliced.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-663 size-full\" title=\"Batard sliced\" src=\"https:\/\/www.flourandwater.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/Batard-sliced.jpg\" alt=\"Batard sliced\" width=\"320\" height=\"478\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.flourandwater.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/Batard-sliced.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.flourandwater.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/Batard-sliced-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/><\/a>The starter and the proving dough have to be kept near to, or even on top of, the storage heater in the living room, depending on how cold it is outside. I&#8217;ve never needed to go to those extremes before, but it\u00a0gets results.<a href=\"https:\/\/www.flourandwater.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/Slices-of-sourdough.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-664 size-full\" title=\"Slices of sourdough\" src=\"https:\/\/www.flourandwater.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/Slices-of-sourdough.jpg\" alt=\"Slices of sourdough\" width=\"321\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.flourandwater.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/Slices-of-sourdough.jpg 321w, https:\/\/www.flourandwater.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/Slices-of-sourdough-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 321px) 100vw, 321px\" \/><\/a>I&#8217;m currently without a broadband connection, which has curtailed my blogging recently. After spending an afternoon waiting\u00a0for an engineer who didn&#8217;t turn up, I&#8217;m hoping to get connected in the next week or so. In the meantime, I&#8217;ll be doing lots more baking if for no other reason than to keep the kitchen warm.<\/p>\n<div id=\"themify_builder_content-661\" data-postid=\"661\" class=\"themify_builder_content themify_builder_content-661 themify_builder themify_builder_front\">\n\t<\/div>\n<!-- \/themify_builder_content --><!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After some experimenting, I have got the measure of my new flat&#8217;s oven and, perhaps more importantly, have taken the necessary steps to compensate for how cold it is. 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