Bread with 'poolish'

Surfing on the net in search for a new bread - recipe, I found this:

I never heard of 'poolish' before but I wanted to try it. My first time working with real 'yeast' (used dry, instant yeast before). And it worked out quite well !!

Poolish is a term used in French baking for a sponge (pre-ferment) made with domestic baker's yeast. It is made of 1 part flour to 1 part water, and some yeast. Let it double in volume (takes several hours) to finally make the dough and the bread.


This was the result:

And this one:

The taste was good, I have to work and practice on the shapes!