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Re: Ciabatta

yguaba@yahoo.com.br
Wed, 30 May 2007 16:58:18 -0300
v107.n019.9
On 20 May 2007 at 17:47, Dave Glaze wrote:
>I manage to stretch and fold wet dough without flour on an arborite 
>counter. I wet my hands and wipe them over the counter a couple of 
>times (no puddles though), then place the dough on the counter and 
>stretch and fold it.  I keep a scraper handy in case it sticks, but 
>this seldom happens.

Interesting. Is arborite -- or at least the kind you have -- 
completely smooth or slightly textured? I would expect a slightly 
textured surface, sort of like the texture of teflon, to be less 
prone to wet dough sticking to it. I have a granite work top and boy, 
does dough stick to it. Even with dough that is not very wet, I need 
to flour the granite generously if I don't want the dough to stick 
and tear. It could also be that the flour I have access to makes 
stickier dough, but I doubt it.

Best wishes,

Erik