Getting Baked

[81cr450]

Oh Yeah that looks like you nailed it. Cheesey goodness

2 C flour
1 Tbs sugar
1 Tbs baking powder
3/4 tsp salt
2 c sour dough starter
2 or 3 Tbs shortening

Combine flour sugar baking powder & salt in large bowl ,add starter, mix to make firm dough. Add water if needed, cover & let rest 5 minutes. It is pretty thick

Grease a 12 inch dutch over or deep iron skillet generously with shortening. My wife uses a glass cake pan. Dip fingers in remaining shortening pinch off dough balls the size of large walnuts & shape into round balls. Place close together / lightly touching / in greased pan. Let rise in warm place for 25-30 minutes. My wife revised this to 3 hrs of rise time.

There not like initially striking , there like creeper weed you eat one sip some wine & then go back & finish the bowl.

[Motorrad]

Oh Yeah that looks like you nailed it. Cheesey goodness

2 C flour
1 Tbs sugar
1 Tbs baking powder
3/4 tsp salt
2 c sour dough starter
2 or 3 Tbs shortening

Combine flour sugar baking powder & salt in large bowl ,add starter, mix to make firm dough. Add water if needed, cover & let rest 5 minutes. It is pretty thick

Grease a 12 inch dutch over or deep iron skillet generously with shortening. My wife uses a glass cake pan. Dip fingers in remaining shortening pinch off dough balls the size of large walnuts & shape into round balls. Place close together / lightly touching / in greased pan. Let rise in warm place for 25-30 minutes. My wife revised this to 3 hrs of rise time.

There not like initially striking , there like creeper weed you eat one sip some wine & then go back & finish the bowl.

hot d**n... these thigns are like CRACK









Just mixed up a batch of sourdough PIZZA ...        going to let it rise for about 2 hours.

and make

roasted red pepper,   and Oyster mushroom pizza   (oyster mushooms are my fav)

[Motorrad]

BOOM....  Pizza shot.

did I mention.. I cooked it on my Traeger smoker.             yes.          its wood fired.   so when you crank the temp up.   it doesnt smoke like a smoker,   but acts as a WOOD FIRED OVEN.      yep..      its a awesome rig..









   

[USMC 500]

I just ate steak, I'm super full, and that still looks awsome.

[81cr450]

MMMM Smoked  

The Wife did the jalapeno, cheesy, garlic, onion bread last night. We ate half the loaf like "now". I'm working on a good bread loaf around me middle with the sour dough starter around.





The corn meal on the bottom really makes it on the pizza crust dont it. Food Porn  

[Motorrad]

MMMM Smoked  

The Wife did the jalapeno, cheesy, garlic, onion bread last night. We ate half the loaf like "now". I'm working on a good bread loaf around me middle with the sour dough starter around.





The corn meal on the bottom really makes it on the pizza crust dont it. Food Porn  

thats some good lookin bread.   how did you add the cheese?     

[81cr450]

Sliced cheese cut into chunks 3/4" by 3/4" by 1/16" & just mixed in with the Kitchen Aid

[Danger4u2]

Found a few Morrels today in my riding area.

[Motorrad]

Found a few Morrels today in my riding area.

those are huge!

when I was riding through Idaho on my last ride.  there were TONS of morrel mushroom hunters in one area  (back side of Shoup if you want to know).

I spent the better part of the evening (about 3 hours)  walking aroudn camp, trying to find one....    no luck.. the hunters had picked it clean

[81cr450]

WOW getting baked & shrooms 

No really enlighten me on the shrooms please. Like I am utterly clueless but I do spend quite a bit of time on the mountain & if there's free food just growing out there in the wild I'm all for it.
Did you know that elderberries growing at over 10500ft come on & rippen "red". Very rare but my wonderful Wife has done me red elderberry syrup. I'm alway interested in the natural local foods.
Any good Sushi down your way Dave?

[Motorrad]

WOW getting baked & shrooms 

No really enlighten me on the shrooms please. Like I am utterly clueless but I do spend quite a bit of time on the mountain & if there's free food just growing out there in the wild I'm all for it.
Did you know that elderberries growing at over 10500ft come on & rippen "red". Very rare but my wonderful Wife has done me red elderberry syrup. I'm alway interested in the natural local foods.
Any good Sushi down your way Dave?

yes... few good places.

[Motorrad]

Here is the sourdough recipe that has the 15hr initial rise time  I told ya about 81cr450..

http://www.instructables.com/id/Sourdough-Bread/

BUT... I have had bread from la brea , and this Nancy silverton)   just found the recipe tonight.   and WILL  be trying this recipe next... as... its THAT amazing.
http://acookinthekitchen.blogspot.com/2008/06/la-brea-country-white-sourdough.html




and DISASTER HAS STUCK..  


My wife... took my starter out of the microwave today to microwave some stuff.   while I was re-wiring a buddys garage.

I came home..   it was still on the counter. and FRUIT FLYS... LOTS OF EM.  ...............   NOOOOOOOOOO!...



I plan on trying Nancy silverton's method of using grapes to start a starter   (I dont like buying starter... I like doing things the hard way from scratch)..


very good watch if you have time..

http://video.pbs.org/video/2256997668/


good info from a VERY accomplished baker.

[Motorrad]

Okay..   using  Nancy silverton's  starter recipe from la brea..    ( found here  
http://www.food.com/recipe/nancy-silverton-s-grape-sourdough-starter-316306 )

to get another starter running.


broke out my Dill pickle / sourkrout  fermenting container  for it this time,    so I wont have the same Fly problem.   and it wont have to live in the microwave... it can just live on the bar with all my other "experiments" as the wife calls them.


Ill take photos along the way.. should be fun..

[81cr450]

That sucks your progress was terminated, my Wife keeps a couple back-ups in the fridge. You can put it to sleep in the fridge & wake it back up over a couple days. The grape recipe sounds excellent. Thanks for posting up that recipe

[Motorrad]

here we are 7 hours later.

some liquid seperation