Published 2008
Gluten becomes smoother and more elastic during fermentation, so it stretches farther and holds more gas. An underfermented dough will not develop proper volume, and the texture of the product will be coarse. A dough that ferments too long or at too high a temperature becomes sticky, hard to work, and slightly sour. An underfermented dough is called a
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