Background

Hello everyone! My name is Harry, the creator of this blog. I started this blog in high school my senior year during one of my culinary classes. All the recipes dating before September 2013 are from my high school culinary classes. All of those recipes I changed around both the ingredients, adding and removing some, and amounts, increasing or decreasing, to make them my own recipe. Most of the pictures are of the dishes I made, some I forgot to take a picture of and are pictures from online that resemble the dish. Recipes that date from September 2013 onward are from my time at Johnson and Wales University, were I am studying culinary arts. Currently I am a freshman there, and the recipes are ones I made throughout my classes. I hope you enjoy making these as much as I do.

Thursday, March 6, 2014

Lean Dough

This dough is good for dinner rolls, cheesy rolls (add about 1 pound of cheese and some italian seasonings. For rolls cut into about 3 oz pieces and roll into a ball, otherwise you can make a loaf of bread and its still delicious. 

Ingredients:
              5 lbs 12 oz Water
              2.25 oz Yeast, fresh
              9 lbs 3.5 oz Bread Flour
              3 oz Salt

1.Gather all the ingredients and equipment

2. Scale ingredients

3. Desired dough temperature is 75°F 

4. Combine water, yeast, flour, and salt in spiral mixer

5. Mix on first speed for four minutes

6. Mix on second speed for five minutes

7. Place dough in a bin and allow to ferment for 60 to 75 minutes, until the dough has nearly doubled 
in bulk

8. Carefully turn dough onto floured bench

9. Gently form dough into a square

10. Divide dough into 14-oz. pieces and preshape according to final shape

11. Allow dough to rest for 20 to 30 minutes

12. Shape dough into final shape

13. Allow to proof 45 minutes to one hour

14. Bake with steam in a deck oven at 480°F 

15. Vent the oven after approximately 12 to 15 minutes or when crust begins to show color

16. Bake for a minimum of 20 to 25 minutes