Tuesday, April 30, 2013

Poolish: The Mother Dough

Poolish
(pronounced POO-leesh)

Starting the poolish.
Flour, water, and a little yeast.
Sits out for 5-6 hours.


Nice and bubbly.


Used a cup or so of poolish for my pizza dough.

My favorite pizza.
Jalapeño pepper and pineapple.
Wonderful crust.


And enough poolish left over to make a couple of loaves of ciabatta bread.



     
Trying out some ideas from these two books.

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16 comments:

  1. still thinking about that pineapple...
    But I have a fear of yeast. I rarely choose to deal with it. I think I fear I will murder it.

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  2. wow! my all time favorite pizza.. :)

    really love it..;)


    Happy Wordless Wednesday! My entry is here.

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  3. I love all of Reinhart's books. I make pizza too, but I don't use a poolish for my crust. Now you've got me thinking ....

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  4. Oh BTW: please think about linking this post up with Weekend Cooking this coming Saturday. It's absolutely perfect.

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  5. You will not murder yeast, caite. Be brave. It's not as hard as you think.

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  6. Raquel, you and I must have a big jalapeño pepper and pineapple pizza party one day!

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  7. I will link up on Saturday at Weekend Cooking! Thank you!

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  8. I must try this. Thanks for sharing it on the Wordless Wednesday Party!

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  9. Ooohhhh...that pizza looks delicious!

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  10. What wonderful starter and breads- they look delicious.

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  11. A good thermometre will save many a yeast from a quick death. I learned that while still in highschool when my bagels turned out as hard as hockey pucks.

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  12. Jalapeño pepper and pineapple pizza?
    Gotta try it!!
    Here's My WC

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  13. The book on the left just won a James Beard 2013 cookbook award. The book on the right is one of my go-to cookbooks. A wonderful baking book. The pizza looks so, so good.

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  14. I have both of these books on my wishlist. I borrowed them from the library.

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