We are big campers and I have been experimenting with making sourdough in a dutch oven over the campfire with very little success 🤣 I use Amy's simple sourdough recipe (link will be attached). Any ideas?
by MjE333eee
We are big campers and I have been experimenting with making sourdough in a dutch oven over the campfire with very little success 🤣 I use Amy's simple sourdough recipe (link will be attached). Any ideas?
by MjE333eee
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Indirect heat is the key
Honestly, I’m still impressed.
You need to wait until the coals are lower or pull them back from the dutch oven, put a few on top of the lid and wait an hour.
You’ll figure it out.
It just takes fewer coals than you think.
Ring of coal around the pot and coals shoveled on top. That’s how they did it in the olden days
This is peak bread making. I LOVE THIS
Bro that looks like a pork shoulder with teriyaki glaze lol how tf did you get it to look like that
Have you tried making flatbreads? They’re much better suited to this. Kudos for trying to make a loaf in a campfire though.
I’m impressed you tried- I try new things all the time. Even things that don’t turn out- you learn from and give you a jumping off point for the next time. Good luck 🍀
I have a lodge camp Dutch oven, it has legs and works with charcoal. I make sourdough with it.
I would not be using the enameled cast iron for this purpose personally, I’d go for a raw cast iron, that is better prepared to take on the heat of the coals, which would need to be placed on top and all around the Dutch like others have said. Still look like it was edible though!!!!! Very cool!
Oh boy I cannot let my friends that I camp with see this or they will never stop asking me to do this when we camp next lol
I enjoy cooking in a dutch while camping and have always wanted to try this, but I’ve always chickened out. Good on you for giving it a shot!
Maybe try heating the Dutch oven and then removing from the fire. Then add back after like 10 minutes and keep alternating. Fluctuate the heat a bit so you dont get so much burn. Possibly even going around the edge of the fire while rotating the dutch oven to try to keep it even. Im sure a wireless thermometer exists that you could stick under the lid or something to help monitor the ehat so you dont lose too much heat. Just need to make its able to handle the high heats before adding it.
I thought this was a tomato soup gone wild.
This is my goal this summer
Burnt
really ?? old kithchen hahaha
[I did this 4yrs ago,](https://www.reddit.com/r/Sourdough/s/gnmJ7dr6YT)
It was a sandwich loaf vs a boule, but turned out great. As someone else mentioned – wait until the fire dies down, and make sure you add coals to the lid. We used charcoal briquettes, but even just coals from the fire would be fine.
[this video](https://youtu.be/NGBvqNJ8H-U?si=LdfabrqIVpFKYW2A) might of some help. They ran a whole series on Dutch oven cooking.
If it were me, I’d be using a more dedicated Dutch oven that’s meant to put in a fire as well.
Maybe try a camping dutch oven. https://www.lodgecastiron.com/collections/dutch-ovens/products/camp-dutch-oven
I’ve used mine for slow stews while camping but not bread, though its something people do. The number of coals you place directly below and on the lid influence your internal temp. They have a guide or you can find advice online to dial it in where you want it for your bread.
gonna assume the heat is way too high?
Cowboy Kent Rollins might have some tips https://www.youtube.com/cowboykentrollins
*edit he does https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H-YTEMjP0QQ
We bake in a Lodge cast iron Dutch Oven but we don’t put it in the campfire. Use charcoal briquettes. There’s [a chart](https://www.lodgecastiron.com/blogs/story/how-many-coals-use-when-cooking-with-a-camp-dutch-oven) for how many to use above and below. You’ll get much better results. Not really intended for an enameled oven, but I guess you could try it.