All you knead is bread - The science behind bread baking

lievito madre pasata madre The first thing to make panettone is to create the lievito madre (LM from now on ;) ) and then what? Then we need to make sure the LM is ready, strong and not acidic before we mix the panettone dough. We achieve this by doing the bagnetto followed by the 3 preparatory refreshments panettone christmas italian

How to do the 3 preparatory refreshments for panettone

After creating the lievito madre, we need to make sure it is strong and not acidic before making panettone. We achieve that with 3 preparatory refreshments

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Cinnamon rolls with lievito madre discards

The result was amazing, the lievito madre helped to balance the aromas of the dough and significantly improved the texture of the rolls, they were soft and chewy and delicious!

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How to create Lievito Madre (Pasta Madre) for panettone

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