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cooking summary - may

May 2020 / cooking

Overall I made 11 things in May.

Day Breakfast Lunch Kid's Lunch Dinner Side Other
1
2 1 Bread
3
4
5
6
7
8
9 1 Dinner: Chicken Marbella
10
11
12
13
14 1 Dinner: Crab Hands 1 Bread
15
16
17
18 1 Dinner: Beef Fajitas
19
20 1 Lunch: Zov's Hummus
21
22 1 Side: Cabbage with Pancetta and Yellow Onion
23
24
25 1 Breakfast: Perfect Buttermilk Pancakes
26
27
28
29 1 Dinner: Chicken and Shallots
30 1 Bread
31 1 Dinner: Pizza

May 2

Bread

Water temp calculated via Common Bread Calculators.

Kept the oven at 500° until after the first heating cycle, then down to 450°.

time activity
2330 mix leaven
800 mix dough (room: 74°, DDT: 78° => water 90°, 750g)
820 rest
855 salt and start bulk
1205 bench rest
1235 extra shaping
1645 1st loaf in oven
1930 2nd loaf in oven
I've cooked this just once before

May 9

Chicken Marbella (Dinner)

With cauliflower

Recipe from Ottolenghi SIMPLE

Chicken in a roasting dish

Chicken Marbella served with pasta in a bowl

May 14

Bread

Water temp calculated via Common Bread Calculators.

Kept the oven at 500° until after the first heating cycle, then down to 450°.

time activity
2230 mix leaven
900 mix dough (levain: 68°, DDT: 78° => water 106°!, 750g)
920 rest
10 salt and 100° water
1345 bench rest
1405 extra shaping
1445 final rest
1935 1st loaf in oven
2050 2nd loaf in oven
I've cooked this 2 times before

Crab Hands (Dinner)

Also known as Shrimp with Cannellini Beans and Basil.

May 18

Beef Fajitas (Dinner)

I've made this several times before - see here or here.

May 20

Zov's Hummus (Lunch)

I've cooked this just once before

May 22

Cabbage with Pancetta and Yellow Onion (Side)

May 25

Perfect Buttermilk Pancakes (Breakfast)

With blueberries!

I've cooked this 2 times before

Blueberry pancakes on a griddle

May 29

Chicken and Shallots (Dinner)

May 30

Bread

Water temp calculated via Common Bread Calculators.

Kept the oven at 500° until after the first heating cycle, then down to 450°.

time activity
2145 mix leaven
745 mix dough (levain: 70°, room: 68°, flour: 72° => water 102°, 750g)
820 bulk (dough covered with a cutting board), ktichen at 72°
1215 bench rest
1245 final rise (kitchen now 75°)
1430 2nd loaf in fridge
1545 1st loaf in
1900 2nd loaf out of fridge
1930 2nd loaf in oven
I've cooked this 3 times before

May 31

Pizza (Dinner)

I'm pretty sure the dough was the recipe from the Mozza cookbook.

Pizza resting on a cutting board

Cross section of a thin slice of pizza

Mushroom pizza on a cutting board