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Offline gfbuyer

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Dough Rising Overnight at Room Temp
« on: April 13, 2012, 06:43:25 AM »
So last night I made the dough for Friday Pizza night. Unfortunately I had just arrived home from a business trip and was a little tired. I set the dough out on the counter for its 2 hour rise and went to lay on my bed and watch a little tv. The next thing I knew it was 5.30am !!! I grabbed the dough and put it into the refrig. So the dough was on the counter at room temp for 8 hours. I don't think there would be any food safety issues. Anyone have experience with this happening ?? What should I expect ??

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Re: Dough Rising Overnight at Room Temp
« Reply #1 on: April 13, 2012, 07:58:39 AM »
Jim Lahey's No Knead Pizza Dough goes up to 18 hours at room temp. So I think no problems. Let us know how it turns out.

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Re: Dough Rising Overnight at Room Temp
« Reply #2 on: April 13, 2012, 09:08:51 AM »
Not to worry about food safety issues, but, depending upon the actual dough formulation, there is a possibility that it might be so acid that the finished crust will have a bit of an acid bite, or the acidity might also inhibit browning of the crust during baking. In some cases this can work to your advantage in that it will force you to bake the pizza longer, thus developing a thicker, heavier, and crispier bottom crust characteristic so long as you can avoid over baking the top of the pizza. Depending upon the protein content of the flour, the dough might become overly soft and difficult to handle or form into a pizza skin due to the effects of yeast fermentation on the flour proteins. You might hedge your bets a little by brushing the exposed edge of the skins with a little olive oil just before you place them into the oven as this will help them to develop a nice golden crust color during baking. One final note, try not to degas the dough during the forming procedure. A good way to do this is to open the dough into pizza skins by hand stretching (do not use a rolling pin), as this will retain most of the leavening gas in the dough allowing for a better rise in the oven if the yeast has been damaged or if it has exhausted all of it's food supply during the fermentation period.
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Re: Dough Rising Overnight at Room Temp
« Reply #3 on: April 13, 2012, 09:34:01 AM »
gfbuyer,

If you have a chance, you might post your dough formulation. In cases like this, it is not the room temperature per se that is the problem but rather the combination of the room temperature and the amount of yeast in relation to the amount of flour. To survive eight hours at room temperature, you can't have a lot of yeast in the dough. No-knead doughs have very small amounts of yeast in relation to the amount of flour, and that is why the dough can last up to eighteen hours at room temperature. Since the eight hours in your case was unintentional, I suspect that your dough may have overfermented. However, following Tom's recommendations, it might be salvagable, even if not perfect or ideal.

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Re: Dough Rising Overnight at Room Temp
« Reply #4 on: April 13, 2012, 11:50:15 AM »
Thanks for the great responses to my question !! Here is the formulation I am using:

Flour   100.00%
Water45.00%
Salt   2.00%
Yeast   0.75%
Oil   2.00%

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Re: Dough Rising Overnight at Room Temp
« Reply #5 on: April 13, 2012, 02:13:45 PM »
Flour   100.00%
Water45.00%
Salt   2.00%
Yeast   0.75%
Oil   2.00%

gfbuyer,

The amount of yeast you used, 0.75%, which I assume is a dry yeast (ADY?), is a lot for a dough that is fermented at room temperature for about eight hours. However, 45% hydration is in cracker-style dough territory and should slow down the fermentation process simply because it is a relatively low hydration value. Your salt value, 2%, might also help to slow down the fermentation process a bit. I think your dough will be OK.

Is the dough intended to make a cracker style crust or something similar?

Peter

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Re: Dough Rising Overnight at Room Temp
« Reply #6 on: April 14, 2012, 11:24:10 AM »
Is the dough intended to make a cracker style crust or something similar?

Peter

It is for a cracker style. We have Family Pizza Night each Friday night !! I have spent the last 4 weeks or so working on cracker crust. This mistake will be good for my research !!

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Re: Dough Rising Overnight at Room Temp
« Reply #7 on: April 17, 2012, 07:29:13 AM »
Pizza turned out ok. Did not get a lot of browning. Also it was not very crackery by the time we ate it. On the plus side it did have a great well developed flavor.