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as oprah says, if you set yourself expectations, you set yourself up for disappointment. after the wonderful challah by reinhart, i thought the potato rosemary bread that i was making would turn out fantastic, but they are a bit sour.
maybe while it's ok to leave the soaker outside overnight for reinhart, it's not that ok for me, in singapore. maybe that's why my challah turned out ok - i left the soaker in the refrigerator. the soaker turned quite dark after one night, but the rosemary's herby smell was quite nice.
i don't know why the loaves turned out a bit sour, mostly because the ingredients i used might be spoilt =/ there is the potato water, which is almost three months old; the wholemeal flour is in fact expired, but i keep it refrigerated so that should be ok; the potato i bought last night was a little sprouted; the egg white in the wash could be quite old.
the soaker and biga are mixed into the final dough. after some surprisingly easy and non-sticky kneading, the dough is rested.
after dividing the rested dough, i divided it and attempted to make two sandwich loaves. but the tins were too broad, so the loaves became too flat in the end.
potato rosemary bread loaves that are more sour than my sourdough loaves. despite that, the crumb was, as promised, soft from the use of potato water.