Quick question, please ... I watched the Russ & Daughters BTS video, and at the 3:30 mark of the video, can you identify the doughy mass that was included with the batch of eggs? It almost seems as if it was a strong levain or possibly a dough portion of one of their previous bread batches. Very curious and thank you.
Quite likely a portion of dough from their previous batch, which is a pate fermentee - acts like a dough conditioner, adding flavour and prolonging shelf life, plus reduces wastage!
Looks amazing, definitely on my to do list! Do you know what's the width of the dough at the size you mentioned? Thank you for all your elaborate research!
Quick question, please ... I watched the Russ & Daughters BTS video, and at the 3:30 mark of the video, can you identify the doughy mass that was included with the batch of eggs? It almost seems as if it was a strong levain or possibly a dough portion of one of their previous bread batches. Very curious and thank you.
Quite likely a portion of dough from their previous batch, which is a pate fermentee - acts like a dough conditioner, adding flavour and prolonging shelf life, plus reduces wastage!
Hi! I dont understand the active yeast thing. Should i use the common dry yeast and put it in first place with the dry ingredients??
You give two different internal temperatures for the finished babka. 🙂
Looks amazing, definitely on my to do list! Do you know what's the width of the dough at the size you mentioned? Thank you for all your elaborate research!
FAB!! Babkas look quite simple, but they’re wayyy underrated 😍