CM: All right, so you have this dough, it’s mixed, you’re feeling good about it.
B: So, unfortunately I was not able to devote entire day just to sit home and do this.
CM: Sure. Yeah.
B: We had plenty of things to do, including my son, he’s on a rock climbing team.
CM: Oh, heavens.
B: This is my fault because my wife and I are rock climbers.
CM: Oh, gosh. So, the second dough is fermenting, but you’ve got stuff going on.
B: Right. So, I ferment the second dough.
CM: In the microwave.
B: Yeah, in the microwave, nice and warm, also does a bulk fermentation. And we go to the farmer’s market, we come back, I check it, not doubled. And since Roy said you can fall down at any time, I said, okay, it’s not doubled, not going to do anything yet.
CM: Okay.
B: So, I think we put it back in and let it warm up. And by the time we were ready to go to climbing practice, it has then fully doubled. It looks nice and bubbly. We’re again approaching the pictures in the book.
CM: Great.
B: So, I shape it, and I could actually get tension in the dough, and form it into a nice shape and place it in the mold prescured.
CM: Back into the microwave.
B: Back into the microwave to climbing practice. And I’m at climbing practice worrying about the panettone. Is it rising? Is it rising too much?
CM: Is the belay on? Who knows we’ve got panettone at home?
B: Exactly. We’re like, we can stop at home and check it before we go to lunch. Right?
CM: You’re like paying babysitter to stay at the panettone.
B: That would’ve been good.
CM: At any point, are you feeling hopeful?
B: I mean, the thing is I’m feeling hopeful the whole time. Everything’s going so well.
CM: Okay.
B: And I’m trusting in the temperature control, I’m trusting in the flour. It’s rewarding my waiting.
CM: Okay.
B: I come back from climbing practice, the recipe says between one and a half inches and an inch from the top of the mold. And it is right in that zone now.
CM: Great.
B: So, they go in the oven, the house begins smelling delicious.
CM: Yeah. Okay, great. You got the light on?
B: Oh, yes. The light is on.
CM: Whole family’s in beach chairs in front of the oven, light stays on. Am I overselling it?
B: My wife and I, anyway, I think my son is playing with Lego, so he is not bothered.
CM: Okay, fair. Your wife and you are in the beach chairs.
B: Exactly.
CM: With a drink, watching the oven. What are you seeing?
