After 36 hours of resting in a warm place, my sourdough instructions say to add more flour and warm water, and mix together. A few thoughts: firstly, why exactly 36 hours? I was silly and made my original dough around noon. Does that mean I have to get up at midnight and do the next step? Well that's not likely, so I did it late, when I got up the next morning.
Second: the recipe says to mix this into the existing dough. Well my existing dough is so stiff, NOTHING is going to get mixed in! I ended up kneading it in at full force. It took some elbow grease, and made my hands very messy, so my husband had to take the following shot:
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| This makes my hands look creepy. |
Talk about baking action! The resulting dough was even stiffer than the last one, but I followed
the directions, and then stuck it back on top of my fridge for another 24 hours.
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| Not pretty, but already with an intriguing, slightly yeasty scent. |
We'll see what happens; I'll update tomorrow when I go to Stage Three.