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Made another batch of dough, less water this time to make it firmer. Made the mistake of not splitting it into two lots before putting into my tiny #SlowCooker, so initially it looked like there was plenty of room for expansion but I ended up having to scrape half of it out. Anyhoo, has made a dense-looking little loaf. The proof is in the eating though, so will toast some for brekkie tomorrow.
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So, some tweaking will be involved (with ingredient amounts and consistency of dough) but on the whole I am pleasantly surprised that I can make a sourdough loaf in my Barbie-sized slow cooker. Saves putting the oven on hot for an hour (running out of organs to sell to pay for it).

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Thought to experiment with my new tiny slow cooker. The usual wet dough bubbled up and started escaping so scraped it all out, added flour to make it firmer, split into two and left to rise in individual bowls. One lot got done last night, after a false start (set to "warm" rather than "high") made a small round loaf, borderline burnt on one side, but I've sliced some and toasted for breakfast and it's ok. The other lot Is slow-cooking now.
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To bake: I plonk the sloppy bubbly dough in a cast iron pot with lid (got an old Le Creuset style oval one of my late mum's), into a cold oven which you then turn on to 230 Celcius, and leave for 50 mins, then lid off for another 15-20 mins.
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Time for some #SourdoughWankery, apols in advance... Anyway I've had Arturo, my faithful starter, for a good few years and we've come to an arrangement: every few weeks I give him a feed and let him wake up a bit. Then 500g of strong organic flour, 200g of Arturo, 400ml water. Mix roughly and leave for 20 mins or so, then mix in salt to taste that has semi dissolved in a dash more water. Do the stretching thing, then leave in a cold place for a day or so. It's a wobbly, jellyishh very wet dough.