cold bulk fermentation

Overnight Bulk Fermentation Sourdough: My Cold Kitchen Schedule (and Why It Makes Better Bread)

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Overnight Bulk Fermentation Sourdough: My Cold Kitchen Schedule (and Why It Makes Better Bread)

I’ll never forget the morning I opened my oven at 5 a.m. to find a collapsed, over-fermented disaster staring back at me. The dough had been bulking for what I thought was eight hours. It had actually been sitting there for nearly twelve, spreading across my proofing bowl like a pancake, its structure completely destroyed. … Read more

The Overnight Bulk Ferment: How to Finally Time Sourdough Around Your Actual Sleep Schedule

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The Overnight Bulk Ferment: How to Finally Time Sourdough Around Your Actual Sleep Schedule

It was 11:47 PM on a Tuesday, and I was standing in my kitchen in mismatched socks, frantically googling “can you over-proof sourdough in the fridge” with flour-dusted hands, while my dough sat on the counter like a silent accusation. I had started my overnight bulk ferment sourdough journey approximately four hours earlier with enormous … Read more