Testing now that the weather is warmer and since I'm a night baker I need to control the time my dough requires for bulk fermentation before putting it in the fridge.
This time I refreshed my sourdough starter but due to fate I couldn't use it when it had tripled so I put it in the fridge. After 2 days in the fridge my sourdough starter decreased almost to the initial level. So, I decided to try using it straight away, without refreshing.
Recipe:
100% bread flour
68% water
10% sourdough starter
2% salt
Process:
Mix everything and let it rest for 30min
1 set of S&F and 3 sets of coil folds, 30 min rest between each one
Wait for 8 hours until double (22C room temperature)
Cold retard for at least 8 hours
Baked in dutch oven, cover 40min, uncover 10 min. In an electric oven at 230C.
by welopg
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So this was last its peak?
I do what you did on purpose. I feed my starter, and let it ferment with my bread dough until it’s almost at peak, and then put it in the fridge, so it just kind of waits there for me, asleep around peak.
It loses volume, but it’s not because it’s way past peak and degrading. It’s mostly that the cold of the fridge reduces the pressure inside the bubbles, so they deflate.