Intentional Cold Retard: when do you begin the cooling?
1. Depends what you are using the refrigerated dough for. 2. Depends on how long you store the dough in the fridge. What is an "extended time"? 3. Depends on fridge temp. --- Concepts: 1. The fridge does not stop the biological processes of the yeast and whatever other naturly ocurring bacteria are in there. Those processes merely slow down. Your dough is, literally, continuing to proof in the fridge, just at a slower speed than at room temp. The yeasties are still producing CO2, even if ...
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