Baking with a Preferment

The first time I ever used a “Biga” in a recipe was probably close to 30 years ago. It was a recipe for an Italian bread, and the recipe was out of one of the food magazines, can’t remember which one. Since then I have tried some of the other preferments, including the Levain, Poolish…

SOURDOUGH BAGUETTES

Fed both of my starters Sunday morning. The original “Mother” fed with organic rye and her “Daughter”, fed with commercial bread flour. Both of these starters are 6 years old. I used 60g of the discard to make a biga. By the time I got home from work the starters were ready to go into…